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1841 1897 5© YEARS IN USE 
 
 
 High in Quality 
 
 
 I ftW 
 
 in Price 
 
 
 The 
 
 
 THOROLD 
 
 
 CEMENT 
 
 
 
 The Late John Battle 
 
 With 
 
 Complimetits 
 of . . . 
 
 
 Estate of John Battle 
 
 
 Thoroldy Otit. 
 
 
 THOKOLD I'OST TKINT 
 

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 INSTRUCTIONS 
 
 IN THE USE OF 
 
 THOROLD CEMENT 
 
 IN ALL CLASSES OF WORK. 
 
 ALSO A FEW 
 
 TESTIMONIALS 
 
 FROM AMONG THE MANY RECEIVED 
 I FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 
 
 Sndl ISOr EOITIOIV— 4,000. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY AND PRESENTED WITH 
 THE COMPLIMENTS OF 
 
 THE ESTATE OF JOHN BATTLE 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF THE THOROLD CEMENT 
 
 THOROLD, ONT. 
 
To the Public: 
 
 In presenting our Pamphlet for 
 your consideration, we commence by giving 
 you a sketch of the history of the Thorold 
 Cement, which will be found on the following 
 page, and which we trust will prove of interest 
 to our readers. 
 
 Further on we give full and complete instruc- 
 tions how to use Our Thorold Cement in 
 nearly all kinds of work. 
 
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 As it has come to our knowledge that other 
 Cements have been sold as Thorold Cement, 
 we call your attention to the fact that there 
 is only one Thorold Cement, and that is 
 made at Thorold, Ont., by us. All our 
 barrels and bags are marked " Battle's 
 Thorold Cement." See that you get the 
 genuine. 
 
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The Thorold Cemeiit Works 
 
 The Thorold Cement Works were established in 1841 by John 
 Brown. Mr. Brown, who had a contract on t'le Welland Canal, was 
 unfortunately killed during its construction, when the Cement Works 
 passed into the hands of Mr. John Battle. That gentleman died in 1891, 
 since which time th'; business has been conducted by his sons under the 
 title of the Estate of John Battle. The extensive quarries cover an 
 extent of forty-four acres, and are situated on the east side of the new 
 canal. A steam drill is kepi in operation the whole year round, con- 
 venient tracks running from the quarries to the kilns, where the burning is 
 done ; and then the burnt stone is loaded in wagons and brought to the 
 mill, situated on the old canal, where it is manufactured. The Thorold 
 Cement has more than a provincial reputation. Almost its first introduc- 
 tion was its u.se in the Victoria Tubular Bridge at Montreal. It was also 
 used exclusively in the building of the old Welland canal, and also in 
 the new Welland Canal, and was used in the Sault Ste. Marie canal, of 
 which W. G. Thompson, Esq., was engineer in charge, and Messrs, Hugh 
 Ryan & Co. were the contractors. It was also extensively used in the 
 construction of the great St. Clair tunnel between Port Huron and Sarnia, 
 of which Joseph Hobson, Esq., ot the Crand Trunk Railway, was chiet 
 engineer, and Mr. William (iibson, M. P., was contractor. The fact of 
 this Cement having been used in such impc.-tant works as the foregoing 
 is sufficient evidence of its reliability. Forty hands altogether are 
 employed. The mill is a three-story frame structure, fitted up with all 
 the latest appliances necessary for carrying on the busines.s, and is 1 50 x 
 50 feet in extent, with ample storage room for 5,000 barrels. 
 
The following tests of Thorold Cement are the 
 highest tests of any Cements that have ever come 
 under our notice— with the exception of Portland 
 Cements : 
 
 Tests of Thorold Ckment made by P. A. Peterson, Esq., now 
 Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway : 
 
 Neat Ckment Blocks, i^ iNCHiis Square at Smallest Part 
 
 I88I 
 
 No. cf 
 Dricquctte 
 
 Time in Air 
 
 Marcli 31 
 
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 23 days 
 
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 47 days 
 47 days 
 
 Tensile Strength 
 
 420 lbs. 
 470 •• 
 436 •' 
 420 ♦* 
 420 •* 
 450 " 
 
 Tests of Thorold Cement made by the (iovernment during the 
 construction of the Quebec (Graving Dock ; John E. Boyd, Esq., 
 Engineer in charge : 
 
 No. of 
 
 We;Klitof ^^■■.°y Date of 
 
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 Oct. 18 
 
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 Oct. 20 
 
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 Date of 
 
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 ''CiwS%T«"-le Strength 
 
 67 lbs. 
 
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 i 7 
 
 Oct. 
 
 19 
 
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 12 
 
 
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 450 lbs 
 
 440 
 
 350 
 
 335 
 
 310 
 
 400 
 
How to Build Concrete Walls 
 
 For Bank Barns and Basement Barns 
 
 \VI TH THOROLl) CEMENT 
 
 
 The foundation should he dug to the depth of 2 feet in clay soil, and 
 I foot 8 inches in sandy soil. After the trench is dug, take stakes and 
 drive in the ground 2 feet apart, so as to leave room for plank and wedge. 
 Let your stakes come up high enough to tack a strip from each stake to 
 kee{) them from spreading. Now fill in with concrete and stone or brick- 
 bats, and be careful to have your concrete well rammed down. After the 
 footing course is built to the height re(iuired, take out plank and stakes 
 and grade your ground to level of wall. 
 
 Now take a plank and lay on footing foundation just 16 inches apart, 
 and take 2-in. x 4-in. scantling and place them upright, five feet 'apart 
 and opposite to each other, and 3 inches back from face of plank, to allow 
 for plank and wedge, the outside one plumb and the inside one 4-inch 
 batter ; that will make the wall when completed 16 inches at bottom and 
 I foot at top, and put wires frt n each upright at the bottom to keep them 
 from spreading. After the wall is completed these wires may be cut off 
 and left in wall. For small buildings, the wall can be made i foot at 
 bottom and 10 inches at top, and will he a saving of material. These 
 uprights should be well braced to each other at top to keep them from 
 spreading, and a brace from top to slake in ground to keep them plumb. 
 If the wall is to be built under the building, you can nail the uprights to 
 sill, and do away with the braces, w-hich are a hindrance to the workmen ; 
 and the wires at bottom will keep them from spreading, and do away with 
 the old cumbersome way of braces and stakes. 
 
 Foi the corners, take two plank 2 in. x 12 in., the height of wall, and 
 nail them together and stand them upright for outside corner, flush with 
 plank at bottom and well nailed to it ; and take a three-cornered strip and 
 nail in angle so that when the wall is completed it will not leave a sharp 
 corner. 
 
 Now, for inside angle of wall take a plank and stand upright diagonally 
 across the angle, and brace to outside plank ; these planks are stationary, 
 and to be left up till wall is completed ; you can then raise your plank on 
 each side of corner separately, and this is far handier than nailing the 
 
Plans for Walls— Barns and Silos 
 
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 ends of th: plank together ; besides, the plank on inside of angle gives 
 more solidity to the corner when completed. If your wall is quite a 
 height, and your uprights have a tendency to spread in the centre, put 
 wires across and build them into the wall ; these wires can be cut off after 
 wall is completed. In order to do a ne^Tt job, get the plank required for 
 building the wall dressed to an even thickness, and it is better to have 
 them 15 inches wide so as to lap down on wall 3 inches, and that will give 
 you a foot raise to the wall every day, and if the building is small you can 
 get the wall completed so much quicker. 
 
 When ready to build, place these plank on inside of upright with an 
 inch wedge between the plank and scantling ; the top wedge should have 
 a nail tacked in the end so as to lay over the plank and hang there till the 
 wall, as you build, tightens them between plank and uprights. When 
 ready to put concrete in wall, put in say six inches at a time, and ram it 
 well and add all the stone you can, as the more stone you use the less 
 cement required. I'his stone should be well hammered in also. The 
 concrete should be well rammed down in ..rJI, and small stone or broken 
 brick hammered down in centre of wall, and should be kept two inches 
 from face of wall, to make a smooth Surface and keep the frost oi'.t better. 
 
 It is a good plan to leave a gutter at top of wall for a week, and keep 
 it full of water, but, as this will only keep the wall damp for a short 
 distance, the wall should be sprayed as oiten as possible. A common 
 force spray pump can be bought at any hardware or tin shop for $1.50 or 
 $2.00. The wall should be kept damp as much as possible, as it makes 
 a stronger job. 
 
 Directions for Making Concrete 
 
 WITH THOROLD CEMENT 
 
 Build a platform large enough for the work required. For a building, 
 say 40 ft. X 60 ft., the platform should be 20 ft. square at least ; this 
 platform can be made of inch boards laid on ground, but should be on as 
 level a spot as possible, so that in mixing your concrete the water will not 
 run to one side. Never mix concrete on the ground, as the soil will get 
 mixed with the concrete and be a detriment to the building. 
 
 Now, make a box with no bottom in, and three inches smaller at top, 
 just large enough to hold two paper sacks of cement ; if your box is just 
 that size, you need nevir measure the cement, as every paper sack of 
 
Thorold Cement is guaranteed to weigh 80 lbs. Now, fill this box with 
 gravel and lift it up— the gravel will come out easily ; place it on the 
 boards again and fill five times, so you have your concrete guaged five to 
 one exactly. 
 
 The way of measuring with the shovel cannot be done systematically, 
 as you are apt to get it unevenly measured. 
 
 Now, mix the gravel and cement up dry thoroughly first, then pile 
 it up about shovel deep with a hole in centre, and put your water in and 
 wqrk the concrete in from the outside. Care should be taken not to get 
 it too sloppy ; in flict, it should be made quite stiff. 
 
 The usual proportions of cement and gravel is five to one ; if gravel is 
 coarse, it takes less cement ; if fine it will take more ; if the gravel is very 
 coarse, we would advise the use of some good, sharp sand ; but above all 
 things be sure to have your material free from dirt and loam. 
 
 How to Build Hog Pens 
 
 WITH THOROLD CEMENT 
 
 
 Build the walls the same as for barns. To lay the floor, drive a pin 
 in each corner next the trough ; then one in each back corner, two inches 
 lower than ths front ones; then another in the centre near the* back wall, 
 4 in. lower than the back pins ; th.s gives a fall to the centre of the back 
 part of pen, where a tile is built in the wall so as to keep the pen dry and 
 clean. To make the trough, make a box the length and width of trough 
 required ; there should be a bevelled strip of 2 inches nailed to top of box 
 next trough, so that when work is completed it leaves a bevelled edge on 
 trough. Place this on concrete where trough is wanted ; now nail two 
 pieces together V-shaped ; place it in the box to form gutter ; the box is 
 not to have any bottom in ; ram your concrete in this box well ; when set 
 sufficiently hard, take the box apart, and you have a solid trough of 
 concrete. The trough and floors should he composed of 2 of gravel to j 
 of cement, and bed in all the stone you can in the concrete. 
 
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 How to Bttild Feed Alleys 
 
 WITH THOROLD CEMENT 
 
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 It is a good plan to elevate the feed alleys so as to get a tile under 
 the floor for ventilation. 
 
 To do so, build a concrete wall in front of manger 6 in. thick and 
 about 12 or i6 inches high. When the wall is sufficiently set, fill in the 
 alleyway, within 3 or 4 in. of height required, wiih sand or gravel, or if 
 earth is used it should be well rammed so as to guard against settling. 
 Lay a 6 or 8-in. tile along in front of mangers of stalls, and cormect this 
 with a 2 or 3-in. T tile, which should be built in concrete wall in front of 
 each stall. There should be a fine wire or zinc seive built in over each 
 one to keep the feed or dirt from getting in the tile. The large main tile 
 should go through the outside wall, and this lets in the fresh air from 
 outside, and is a very cheap way of ventilating stables. Thickness of 
 floor should be 2 inches. 
 
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 To Build Cow Stable Floors 
 
 WITH THOROLD CEMENT 
 
 Grade off the ground for work required ; put in an inch or so of sand ; 
 don't put in any large stone, as the stone should be put in the concrete 
 and rarnmed down into it. 
 
 Now lay the bottom of the manure drop first, with concrete at least 
 6 in. wider than the required width of the gutter. Then take a i x 6 and 
 lay it on its edge on the side of the gutter next to the stalls, and a 2 x 4 
 on the other side ; this gives a drop of 6 in. behind the cows. Now nail 
 a 2-in. bevelled piece on the upper side of both srantiings next the 
 concrete, so when these scantling are taken out it will leave a champered 
 corner of gutter. Saw some pieces of 2 x 4 to place between scantling to 
 keep them from coming together, and this will hold them to their places. 
 The usual thickness for concrete floors for stables is 4 in. Now stretch a 
 line where the manger comes just two inches higher than the 2x6 scant- 
 ling at manure drop. This gives a 2-inch fall for the stall. Drive small 
 pins in the ground about three feet apart, just level with the line, so by 
 using a straight edge on these pins and on 2 x 6 you can get a true and 
 straight grade to the stall. Also make the passage behind the stalls one 
 inch lower next the gutter, so it can be kept easily clean. If there is to 
 be only one stable for all cattle, it is a good plan to have gutter one foot 
 nearer manger at one end, so the lar^je cattle may have long stalls and the 
 young ones the short stalls. 
 
 Mix the concrete the same as for walls, only make it 3 of gravel and 
 I of cement. Mix r batch of concrete and put it in your stalls 2 or 3 in. 
 thick and level it off even ; and before ramming put in all the broken 
 stone you can and then ram them in the concrete. The more stone you 
 use the less cement required. Now add more concrete and ram it well 
 also, and float off to the grade required. This will give you a solid 
 concrete floor, and is far better than putting loose stone in bottom and the 
 concrete on top. Don't ever attempt to put concrete floor down with 
 sand. Always use gravel, and put it on in one coat and ram it well, and 
 float it off with a wooden float. If the gravel is very coarse, after the floor 
 is down go over ii with a very thin coat of mortar composed of i of sand 
 and I of cement. Do not put this coat on any thicker than i or jg^ of an 
 inch — just thick enough to smooth off the floor. 
 
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 How to Build Silos 
 
 WITH THOROLD CEMENT 
 
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 Silos built of concrete are by far the best and cheapest and lasting 
 that can be had. They are built the same as walls for barns, only the 
 walls should be thicker. Footing should be 2 ft. wide, and the wall 
 should be 18 in. at bottom and i ft. at top and the batter on outside ; 
 the inside of silo should be about an inch narrower at top than at bottom, 
 so as to let the ensilage properly settle. After the footings are built, lay a 
 piece of band-iron (an old wagon tire will answer the purpose) all around 
 the silo with the end of the one turned up and the other turned down 
 about two inches, so this forms a lock and keeps the walls from spreading, 
 and these ties should be put in about every 6 ft. in height. It is by far 
 the best to have the doors of the silo put in as shown on plan than one 
 continuous door frr-- :^op to bottom, as it gives a stronger support to the 
 silo. The uprights lu^ put up the same as for barn walls. In putting up 
 your uprights, there should be strips nailed across to each one about 
 every six feet high to keep them frou> spreading, so when the walls are 
 built up to these strips before being driven off there should bs a wire put 
 in the place of these and built in the wall. After the work is completed, 
 these wires can be cut off and left in the wall. The door for the silr is 
 usually made of matched inch stuff of two thicknesses with felt paper in 
 between to make them air-tight. 
 
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 To Build Horse Stable Floors 
 
 WITH THOROLI) CEMENT 
 
 Drive pins next to manger the height required ; then drive some pins 
 at tail posts, about i ^^ or 2 in. lower than those at the manger (using a 
 straight edge on these pins will give a proper grade to stalls). The pas- 
 sage-way behind the horses should be two or three inches lower than 
 stalls where]_^horses :>tand, with a slight grade from wall towards tail posts. 
 The concrete is put in the same as cow stable floors. Thickness of floor 
 should be 6 inches. 
 
 Special to Farmers 
 
 Owing to the large and constantly increasing demand for our Thorold 
 Cement among the farming community, we have secured the services of 
 Mr. Norval B. Hagar and Mr. Ward Hagar, who, in addition to being 
 first-class builders and contractors in stone and brickwork and all kinds of 
 masonwork — the former with an experience of 20 years and the latter of 
 12 years — are also practical farme.s, their farms being situated in the 
 Township of Thorold near the Village of Allanbugh. 
 
 We mention the abov^e simply to illustrate that they are quite iamiliar 
 with the requirements of farmers in their farm buildings. 
 
 We send these men, at our own expense, to give instructions and show 
 how work should be done, to any of our patrons who may wish them to 
 come and start their work. 
 
 They have directed among others the doing of the following work, 
 with the greatest of satisfaction to the several parties whose names are 
 mentioned, and who will be pleased to testify to the same, and give 
 information to any enquirers : 
 
 Beswetherick Bros. — barn floors — Hagarsville, Ont. 
 A. Mehlenbacher — barn floor — Kohler, Ont. 
 Henry & Son — storehouse floor — Oshawa, Ont. 
 Samuel Kennedy — barn floor — Uxbridge, Ont. 
 Geo. Smith & Son — ^barn floors — (irimsby, Ont. 
 W. F. Young — barn floors — Dunlop, Ont. 
 Chas. E. Brown — basement wall for barn — Corinth, Ont. 
 John McRae — floors and basement walls — Kintyre, Ont. 
 William Paling — stable floors— Tyneside, Ont. 
 Thomas Bell— stable floors — Glanford Station, Ont. 
 Andrew Mit>.hell — stable floors— Canfield, Ont. 
 Peter Zimmerman — stable floors — Jordan, Ont. 
 
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 How to Build Cisterns 
 
 WITH THOROLD CEMENT 
 
 Dig the ground out to a true circle and to the depth required. Then 
 take lo or 12 in. plank, bevel their edges, and stand them on end, so as to 
 leave 4 in. between plank and ground. Have the plank so as to have an 
 inch space left between the last two plank you put in, so you ca i put inch 
 blocks between them. Put a wire around the top and twist it up firm, 
 which will hold the plank to their places. Now fill in with concrete to 
 height of plank ; bring the wall up all around the cistern at the same time, 
 so as to keep the plank plumb. After wall is built stand up four 2x4 
 pieces in cistern and lay some boards across, and fill in on these boards 
 with earth in cone shape. Cover this earth with paper or old cloth to 
 keep the concrete from mixing with the earth ; now fill in with concrete 6 
 in. thick. Put an eighteen-inch iron ring in the centre for a man-hole. 
 After a day or so take out the earth, and by using a pinch-bar you can 
 take out the inch blocks, which will loosen your plank. Then p-jt in the 
 bottom 2 in. thick. By using some pure Cement like thin batter and a 
 white-wash brush, you can fill in all small holes that are left in the wall. 
 Be sure to get the cistern in ground below frost. 
 
 PLAN FOR CISTERN 
 
 How to Build Cellar Floors 
 
 WITH THOROLD CEMENT 
 
 Level off ground to proper grade ; have floor lower next the drain ; 
 then lay down a 2 x 4 flat-ways about 2 ft. from wall ; fill in with concrete 
 to level of scantling and ram the concrete well ; float it off with a wooden 
 float or steel trowel. Then move back your 2x4 another 2 ft. and fill in 
 the concrete again until cellar is completed. By using the 2x4 you can 
 keep the floor true and level. 
 
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 Read the Following Testittiotiials from Some 
 
 of the 
 
 Many Farmers 
 
 Who have used our Thorold Cement 
 
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 Kerwood, Ont., Dec. 22, 1896. 
 To the Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Dear Sirs : Having used your Thorold Cement in my concrete 
 dwelling this last season, I found it a success, and most satisfactory in 
 every particular, and equal to if not better than any Canadian Cement that 
 I have ever used. I raised my planks 3 feet one day, part of it being a 
 single plank. Would prefer the wall to any brick wall. 
 
 Having run out of Thorold Cement, and not being able to wait until 
 you could send me more, I used some other cement, and must say that 
 the Thorold Cement gave me the best satisfaction. 
 
 Joseph Harris, 
 Kerwood, 
 
 Township of Adelaide, 
 Middlesex Co. 
 
 Elgin Co., Ont., Oct, 26, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 I have much pleasure in testifying to the excellency of your Thorold 
 Cement for building purposes. I built concrete basement under my barn 
 36 X 55 X 8 feet high from bottom of foundation ; footing for foundation, 
 18 in. deep and 20 in. wide ; footing of concrete above foundation, 14 in. 
 thick at bottom and 12 in. thick at top. I also built a wing to barn 15 
 feet wide, same length as barn, with corlcrete foundation 2 feet high. I 
 have used 93 barrels of Cement and 46 loads of gravel. I mixed five 
 parts gravel to i part Cement. The walls are hard and dry. I can 
 strongly recommend your Thorold Cement to all farmers who want first- 
 class basements for stabling. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 John McRae, 
 
 Kintyre P. O. (Elgin Co.) 
 
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 KiNTYKi:, Ont., Nov. 3, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle^ 
 
 Thoroid, Ont. 
 
 Dear Sirs : In reply to your letter in reference to my foundation 
 
 built this spring of your Thorold Cement, I will say that I am well pleased 
 
 with it in every respect. I would advise any person to use your Thorold 
 
 Cement, as I consider it the cheapest and best Cement that has as yet 
 
 been introduced in this part. 
 
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 F dney P. O. (Elgin Co.), Ont. 
 
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 Wardsvii.ij:, Ont., Oct. 16, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Gkntlemkn : In reply to your entjuiry in reference to your Thorold 
 Cement, I have to say : During the past season I laid in a foundation for 
 drive-house, and later I used some under a stable. Up to the present 
 time I am thoroughly pleased with it, and have not the least fear as to its 
 future. Quite a number have used it in this vicinity for the first this 
 season, and all I have spoken to are well satisfied with it, and purpose 
 using it for various buildings in the coming year. It is my intention 
 during the coming .season to put in floors under the cattle with your 
 Thorold Cement, as I am persuaded that it is cleaner, always dry, more 
 durable and much cheaper than any kind of wood or brick flooring I can 
 use. I have never used any other kind of Cement, but a few here who 
 have speak more highly of your Thorold Cement as being somewhat 
 stronger, not needing to use quite so much cement to the gravel, and not 
 inclined to crumble as some others do if not carefully used. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 E. G. Hacker. 
 
 The undersigned have used your Thorold Cement as below stated, 
 and are entirely satisfied with it : 
 
 John McGregor — cellar and foundation — Wardsviih* I*. O. 
 
 D. McLean — foundation to barn — Crevin P. O. 
 A. Fisher — stable floors — Clahan P. O. 
 
 Dugal ('ampbell — cellar, floors and foundations — Wardsville P. O. 
 1). Johnson — floors — Clahan P. O. 
 
 E. G. Hacker — foundations to drive-house — ^Vardsville P. O. 
 Wm. Fisher— i^oors -Clahan P. O. 
 
 Co.) 
 
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 Avon, Ont., April 15, 1896. 
 Mr. H. ChatM^ers, 
 
 Hardware Merchant^ 
 
 Springfield^ Ont. 
 Dear Sir : I received yours of loth, and in reply would say I have 
 used the Battle Thorold Cement under my barn in 1891, and was well 
 pleased with it. 1 would recommend it to any person. I ran out of tht 
 Battle Thorold Cement and used other Cement to finish, hut I liked the 
 Battle Thorold Cement best, as it would set so much quicker, and I 
 believe make a better wall. 
 
 I remain Yours, 
 
 Angus McIntvre, 
 
 Township of Dorchester, 
 
 Middlesex Co. 
 
 Wardsville p. O., Oct. 20, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle^ 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Gentlemen : Agreeable to your request as concerning my experi- 
 ence with your Thorolu Cement during the past season, I have to say I 
 put in a cellar and foundation under my house with it, following your 
 printed instructions, and used no expert labor. We had no difficulty in 
 following instructions furnished with the Cement, and are very much 
 pleased with the results, as it has proved to be a fine, strong wall. The 
 cellar has hardened up and is dry. I believe the Thorold Cement will 
 have an increasing demand here : it is so cheap compared with stone, brick 
 or wood. I am so far so well pleased with it that the coming season I 
 expect to use more of it in the way of stables, raising up my buildings, 
 building under, and using cement walls and floors. Wishing you every 
 success with your 'I'horold (dement, I remain, etc., 
 
 John McGregor, 
 
 Cherry Hill Farm, 
 
 Township of Aldborough, 
 Middlesex Co. 
 
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 On the back cover of this pamphlet is a photogravure of the 
 mammoth barn and silo raised July 3rd, 1896, on the beautirul farm of 
 Beswetherick Bros., adjoining the town of Hagersville, lot 14, con. 12, 
 township of Walpole, Haldimand county, Ont. 
 
 The dimensions of the barn are 60 x 120 feet. The basement is a 
 substantial stone wall 26 inches thick and 11^ feet high, and required 
 1 20 cords of stone in its construction. The masonry was performed by 
 Messrs. .\nderson & Idington of Hagarsville. 
 
 In the basement is sufficient stabling for 25 horses and 40 cattle. 
 The outside posts are 18 feet ; ine inside, or purline posts, 36 feet high ; 
 and the total distance from the ground to the ridge of the roof is about 
 57 feet. In the centre of the building will be erected a silo 18 feet in 
 diameter and 30 feet high.. The carpenter work was done by Mr. (ieorge 
 Smith, Hagarsville. About 300 persons were present, and over 200 took 
 part in the raising of this enormous structure. 
 
 Beswetherick Bros, farm on modern principles — 200 acres of land — 
 anc also engage extensively in the export of hor»jes to Liverpool and other 
 British ports. 
 
 Cement floors both for horses and cattle were put in this barn with 
 Battle's Thorold Cement. 
 
 Wia.LANn, Ont., April 24, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle^ 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Dear Sirs : We have been contemplating building a very large 
 cellar above ground, 100 x 125 feet. We shall use stone, and would like 
 to know if you could furnish several hundred barrels of your Thorold 
 Cement at short notice. As you are aware, we have purchased large quan- 
 tities of you almost every year, and we find it gives every satisfaction — 
 even in the walls of greenhouses, which is a good test of its quality. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 Morris, Stone & Wellington, 
 Fonthill Nurseries. 
 
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 NiAc.ARA Falls Soitth, Ont., April 27, 1896, 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Dkar Sirs : in reply to your note of enquiry as to my experience 
 in the use of your Thcrold Cement : Privately, I have had twenty years' 
 experience. I have several large cisterns in connection with my wine 
 cellar, built without stone or brick, simply plastered on ground, covered 
 by Cement, arch twelve feet over top, on which I frequently drive my 
 horses. They give me perfect satisfaction. Publicly, we have used your 
 Thorold Cement in building arches and stone culverts throughout the 
 townships ten years to my knowledge. The only Cement we buy now for 
 such work is from the ** Thorold Hydraulic Cement Mills," which is the 
 strongest proof I can give of public satisfaction. 
 
 Wishing you the continued success you so richly merit for developing 
 such a deserving enterprise in our midst, I remain 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 J. Harrison Pkw, 
 
 Warden Co. of Welland. 
 
 CiTLLODEN, Ont., April 28, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Dkar Sirs : I purchased some of your Thorold Cement of Mr. H. 
 Chambers, hardware merchant, of Springfield, for building cellar under 
 brick house last summer, and it gave general satisfaction. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 R. Dillan, 
 
 Culloden, 
 
 Norfolk Co. 
 
 Kohler, Ont., Dec. 7, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 
 Dear Sirs : My concrete floor is as hard as freestone, and I will 
 
 recommend your Thorold Cement to any who may want to use Cement. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 A. Mehlenbacher, 
 
 Kohler, 
 
 Haldimand Co. 
 
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 JOHhAN, I,INC"()I,N Co., Nov. T9, 1896. 
 
 /ts/n/e of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Dkar Sirs: In reply to yours of the 19th inst. I beg to say that I 
 had my stable floor put in my barn 50 x 52 in 1894 by your builder, H. 
 W. Hagar. I used your Thorold Cement for same, and it has proved 
 satisfactory in every way. I can recommend your ThoroKI Cement being 
 of g()t)d fjunlity for such work. 
 
 I remain yours, etc., 
 
 1'ktkr Zim.mkhman, 
 
 fordan, Lincoln ("o. 
 
 levcloping 
 
 Velland. 
 
 , 1896. 
 
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 lar under 
 
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 , 1896. 
 
 nd I will 
 ; Cement. 
 
 y\vi,MKK, Ont., May 5, 1896. 
 //. ( haniliers, 
 
 Ai^ent Bnttle's Thorold Cement, 
 
 Springfield, Ont. 
 
 Dkar Sir: I highly recommend Battle's Thorold Cement, as it 
 
 makes a first-clnss foundation, does not crumble or crack, and stands the 
 
 frost exceedingly well. Yours truly, 
 
 JosKPH Harp, 
 
 Aylmer, Elgin Co. 
 
 Fknwick, J\n. I, 1897. 
 Estote of John Battle, 
 
 Tnorold, Ont. 
 Dear Sirs : I beg leave to testify to the good quality of Thorold 
 ('ement. Two years ago I put in a concrete floor in my hog pen 36 x 50 
 feet. I made the floor 3 in. thick. In using all the largo gravel I could 
 it only took 18 bbls. of Cement. It is as hard as stone, and has never bro- 
 ken up in any place after two years' trial. I think I have the best and 
 cheapest floor in the neighborhood. 
 
 I remain yours, etc., 
 
 ¥. H. Stiktzinger. 
 Importer and Breeder of Registered Poland China Hogs. 
 
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 Read the Following Testimotiials from Some 
 
 Builders and Contractors 
 
 who have used our Thorold Cement 
 
 Fen WICK, Ont., Nov. 4, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Dear Sirs: I have used your Thorold Cement on all kinds of 
 work, such as bank barns, silos, cisterns, pig-pens, cement floors, culverts, 
 bridges, and for concrete structures, and it cannot be beaten. I must say 
 I think it is the strongest Cement made in Canada if it has a fair trial. 
 
 Wm. F. Haist, 
 
 Fenwick, Ont. 
 
 The following is a list of some of the farmers, and the work I have 
 done for them and their P. O. addresses : 
 
 Samuel Fry — bank barn 40 x 60 x 9 feet — -Jordan, Ont. 
 Ira Sway/.e — bank barn 42 x 56 x 9 feet — St. Johns, Ont. 
 Jacob Fretz — hog house 24 x 40 x 8 feet — Jordan Station, Ont. 
 Dr. Birdsall — house cellar and floor — Fenwick, Ont. 
 Morris, Sione & Wellington — reservoir 8x41 x 7 feet — Fonthill, Ont. 
 Hrown Bros. — water tank 12 x 14 x 10 feet — North Pelham, Ont. 
 I remain youis, 
 
 W. F. Haist, 
 
 Mason and Builder, 
 
 Fenwick, Welland ('ounty. 
 
 Whkatlev, Ont., Oct. 13, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 
 In the township of Ronuiey is a tunnel 1,100 feet long, and 4 feet 8 
 
 inches in diameter. It was built in 1890, and the Cement is as hard as 
 
 stone. I was employed by the township to oversee the work. I have 
 
 used the 'I'horold Cement in l)uilding barn basements, in concrete., and in 
 
 mortar Tor laying stone and i)rick, culverts, stable floors, verandah floors. 
 
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 cisterns and bridge hutments, and in every form it gave the best of 
 satisfaction. T have used other cement.s, but I consider the Thorold 
 Cement superior to any of them. The tunnel goes through a gravel 
 ridge, and is used for draining part of the township. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 L. P. Burns, 
 
 xMason and Builder, 
 
 Wheatley, Kent County. 
 
 „ , , ^ , , „ DuNHOYNE, Ont., Oct. 28, 1896. 
 
 Estate of John Battle, ^ 
 
 Thorold, Ont, 
 I herewith hand you a list of buildings and other works in our 
 vicinity in which I have used your Thorold Cement, and it gave in every 
 case the best of satisfaction : 
 
 r^arn wall basement— Calvin Brown, Esq.— Brownsville. 
 
 Foundation wall— E. B. Brown— Brownsville. 
 
 House cellar wall—Taylor Sowler— Aylmer. 
 
 Barn wall basement —'J aylor Sowler— Aylmer. 
 
 Cellar wall— John Heffer— Mt. Salem. 
 
 Silo wall— N. C. Brown— Dunboyne. 
 
 Cellar wall and cistern— VVm. Smithson- Dunboyne. 
 
 Stable floors— Geo. P. Brown — Dunboyne. 
 
 This is to certify that I have used Cement made by the Estate of 
 John Battle of Thorold with my mixing machine, and f;nd it in every way 
 satisfactory. 
 
 Oko. p. Brown, 
 
 Practical Builder, 
 
 Dunboyne. 
 Patentee of " Wonder Mortar Mixer.'" 
 
 1896. 
 
 4 feet 8 
 
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 , and in 
 
 ah floors. 
 
 HAMir.TON, Ont., Oct. 22, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Gentlemen : I have used large (luantities of 'i'horold Cement on 
 ditiorent kinds of work, and have always found it to work with perfect 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Erskine Smith, 
 
 Contractor. 
 
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 ToRONTOj Ont., Jan. 30, 1896- 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thoro/d, Ont. 
 Gentlemkn : We used in the conslructian of the " Soo " Canal 
 upwards of 20,000 barrels of Thorold Cement from the Battle Estate at 
 Thorold, and we have no hesitation in saying that the Cemeat gave satis- 
 faction in every particular. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 HutiH Ryan & Co.^ 
 ("ontractors, 
 
 Sault Ste. Marie CanaE 
 
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 St. Catharinks, Oct. 5, 1896.. 
 Estaw 0/ John liattfe^ 
 
 Mamifacturers of Hydraulic Cement^ 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 
 (Jentlemen : We have been using your 'ITioroId Cement constantly 
 for twenty years, and it has always given good satisfaction. We would 
 recommend it as a first-class Hydraulic Oment. 
 
 We herewith Land you a list of buildings and other works in which 
 your Thorold Cement has been used by us, giving in every case the best, 
 of satisfiiction : 
 
 High school building — Niagara Falls, Ont. 
 
 South wing of Loretto Convent— Niagara Falls, Ont. 
 
 St. Patrick's Church — Niagara Falls, Ont. 
 
 Mr. A. ]. Langmuir's residence — Niagara Falls, Ont. 
 
 Niagara Falls Metal Works Co.'s Factoiies.— Niagara Falls^ Ont. 
 
 McKinnon, Dash (!v: Hardware ('o.'s factories and wheel pits — St. 
 Catharines, Ont. 
 
 Willson Carbide Works — wheel pits and foundations — Merritton, Ont. 
 
 Canadian Haircloth factory — foundations and buildings — St. Cathar- 
 ines, Ont. 
 
 Raceways and foundations for Welland Vale Mfg. Co. — St. Cathar- 
 ines, Ont. 
 
 Foundations and buildings for Ijiicoln Paper Co. — Merritton and St. 
 Catharines, Ont. 
 
 (Canadian Colored Cotton Mills — buildings and foundations — Mer- 
 ritton, Ont. 
 
 Newman Bros., 
 
 Contractors and Builders, 
 St. Catlvarinesy 
 
 Ontario. 
 
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 HiBsoN's QuARRiKs, Beamsvu.lr, Ont., Nov. io, 1896 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 
 Gentlemkn : It gives me the greatest pleasure to testify to the good 
 quahties of the Thorold Hydraulic Cement. 
 
 During the past thirteen years I have bought it almost exclusively 
 havmg used between 45,000 and 50,000 barrels in building the masonry 
 of the St. Clair Tunnel at Sarnia and in Port Huron, as well as many 
 bridges and culverts on the Grand Trunk R'y System, the Lake Erie & 
 Detroit River R'y bridges and culverts, many county bridges, as weH as 
 Section J of the VVelland Canal; and in each and every case it has met 
 with the approval of the engineer in charge. 
 
 Yours faithfully, 
 
 Wm. CilB.SON, 
 
 Contractor. 
 
 HaxMilton, Ont., Oct. 3, 1895. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 Gentlemen : I have used your Thorold Cement for the past twenty- 
 five years for floors and cellars, and during that time have invariably 
 found it first-class in every way, not having had a single failure with it. 
 
 John Hummel, 
 
 Builder and Contractor. 
 
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 Read the Following Testimonials from Some 
 
 Prominent Dealers 
 
 who have used and who sell our Thorold 
 
 Cement 
 
 TiLSONBUROH, OCT. 21, 1 896. 
 
 Estate of John Battle^ 
 
 Thorold, Out. 
 
 I herewith hand you a list of buildings and other works in which your 
 'I'horold Cement has been used, givin;:> in every case the best of 
 satisfaction : 
 
 P'oundations and basement floors for flouring mill ; also walls for 
 flume, 4 walls 24 ft. high, 5 ft. thick, holding 21 ft. depth of water perfectly 
 tight, with two large iron pipes put through near the bottom connecting 
 with the water-wheels ; a wall 1 20 ft. long, 24 ft. high, 4 ft. thick, to hold 
 up the bank at the flouring mill. I also used it for foundation and wheel- 
 pit walls and ba.sement floors for oatmeal mill, a building 125 ft. x 40 ft., 
 5 stories high ; also basement stone and floor for elevator storehouse, 
 house 40 X 40, no ft. high, brick and stone basement; also for foundation 
 walls of wheel pit and basement floor for pea and barley mill, 32 x 100 ft., 
 4 stories high. Also a wall for a mill-dam 12 ft. thick, 24 ft. high, 90 ft. 
 long, with 26-foot head of water against it. Also for a building for power 
 house for waterworks and tower, a stone and brick building 120 ft. high, 
 26 x 40 ft., three basenuiit stories 10 ft. each, and 8-foot wheel-pit below, 
 that being built in a gully and banked up 40 feet on two sides of it, with 
 a building adjoining 50 \ 70 ft., three stories high, stone and brick, 
 foundation wall at one end 10 leet below the water level. 
 
 I may say that the 12-foot thick wall for mill-dam was of concrete, 
 filled in a timber crib with gravel and small stones, taking 1200 barrels of 
 ('ement. 
 
 Besides the above, I have used cement in a great many other build- 
 ings — some of them very large — for foundations and Ixisement floors; 12 
 stores, 22 X 84 ; a lot of dwelling houses and barn basements and floors ; 
 brick barn and cow stable, 75 x 125 ft., 36 ft. high, brick and stone base- 
 ment 10 feet, with cement fl(jor whole size, with five silos 40 feet deep ; 
 
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 torehouse, 
 
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 igh, 90 ft. 
 
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 of it, with 
 
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 barrels of 
 
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 loors ; 1 2 
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 stone and brick walls 2 feet thick, all plastered with Cement — some with 
 Portland, some with Thorold and other Cements. 
 
 I have used nearly ail of the different brands of cement sold in 
 Canada, both Portland and water lime cement, having built a great many 
 sidewalks, for which I used both English and German Portland cement 
 and some Canadian Portland ; .)ut in water-lime cement I have used 
 mostly the Thorold Cement made by your firm and predecessors. 
 
 So you will see that I have had a good deal of experience in the use 
 of cement, having probably used more than any other single man, for his 
 own use, in Ontario. 
 
 I forgot to say that I hav . useJ the watev-lime cement for building 
 large stone culverts for water to pass throftgh under roadways in deep 
 gulleys, under 16 feet of water and 40 feet of earth. And, besides, a great 
 many other buildings and uses, more than I can enumerate. 
 
 The greater part of my cement was bought from the late John Battle. 
 Although I have had a good many car-loads from other firms, I think the 
 Thorold Cement is the best for general purposes. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 E. D. TiLLSON, 
 
 Til'sonburg, On^. 
 
 Windsor, Oni., Oci. 12, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle^ 
 
 Thorold, Out. 
 Dkar Sir : We have handled your Thorold Cement for twenty 
 years, and in all that time have never had a complaint about it. It has 
 always given entire satisfaction. 
 
 We herewith hand you a list of buildings and other works in which 
 your I'horold Cement has been used in our vicinity, giving in every case 
 the best of satisfaction : 
 
 In all of Messrs. Walker (!!c Sons" buildings. 
 
 AVindsor Post Office. 
 
 I'he Hotel Dieu. 
 
 Collegiate Institute. 
 
 Home of the Friendless. 
 
 Ouelette-ave. Sewer — the largest in the city. 
 
 Mercer-street Sewer. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 Odette ^: Wherry, 
 
 Windsor, Ont. 
 
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 RiDGETOWN, Nov. 23, 1896. 
 
 Estate of John battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 
 Dear Sirs : We have sold several cars of your Thorold Cement, 
 and our customers all speak of it in the highest terms. We used a large 
 quantity of it in building the foundation of our large elevator, and after 
 two years we find it in first-class condition. We have no hesitation in 
 recommending it. 
 
 We herewith hand you a list of buildings and other works in which 
 your Thorold Cement has been used in our vicinity, giving in every case 
 the best of satisfaction : 
 
 Win. Hamil — Foundation under barn. 
 David Kinsey — Foundation under house. 
 J. Moisley — Foundation under house, 
 j. <!i: W. McMaster— Electric Light Works. 
 Leslie English — Barn foundation. 
 J. E. Thatcher — House foundation, 
 las. Wright — House foundation. 
 Watson Bros. — House foundation. 
 Robert Hall — House foundation. 
 M. Bright — House foundation. 
 
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 Stouffvji.i.k, Nov. 9, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 
 I herewith hand you a list of buildings and other works in which your 
 
 Thorold Cement has been used in our vicinity, giving in every case the 
 
 best of satisfaction : 
 
 Isaac' Reanuuls — House ; also hog-pen. 
 
 Jonas Herger — House. 
 
 R. Sangster — Barn wall. 
 
 Mr. Meyers— Barn wall and house. 
 
 Mr. I'rine — Wall under grist-mill. 
 
 A. Lehman- -House. 
 
 Mr. Mighswander — House and barn wall. 
 
 We built a house several years ago, Then there are cellar floors and 
 stable floors, all of which have given the very best of satisfaction. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 Joel B.\kek. 
 
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 Hamh-ton, Ont., Oct. 5, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 
 Genti-Kmkn : We have sold during the past few years a great many 
 car-loads of your Thorold Cement, and all of our customers have had the 
 best of satisfaction in using it. In fact, we think we are safe in saying we 
 have never had any complaints from any person who has used it. Wc 
 have used large quantities for floors at our fertilizer factory, and always 
 with excellent results. 
 
 We find this season a number of our customers, who have been in the 
 habit of putting a top dressing of Portland over Thorold for cellar floors, 
 are now using Thorold alone, and they claim it makes as good a floor as 
 when Portland is used, while the cost is considerably less. 
 
 Thorold Cement is the most satisfactory article we handle, always 
 being uniform in quality and sure to give satisfaction. 
 
 We herewith hand you a list of buildings and other works in which 
 your 'i'horold Cement has been used in our vicinity, giving in every case 
 the best of satisfaction : 
 
 Ferguson-i\ve. and Stuart-St. Sewers — 2,000 barrels. 
 
 Garth-street Sewer — 700 barrels. 
 
 Stanley Mills & Co 's Iniildings — 250 barrels. 
 
 Hog-pens — F. W. Fearman. 
 
 Hamilton Distillery —Moors. 
 
 East-end Incline Railway -Foundations. 
 
 W. A. Freeman Co., Ltd, — Floors. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 Tur. W . A. 1'"ki:i:.man Co., Ltd. 
 
 Hamilton, Ont. 
 
 Sarma, Oci. 20, 1896. 
 Estate of Jolm Battle., 
 
 Thorold^ Ont. 
 I have been selling for the [)ast twei>ty years Battle's Thorold 
 Cement, which is considered by all using it as superior to other Canadian 
 and American cements. Over ten years ago we put in a large basement 
 warehouse floor, facing river front, for freight, being ovi-r three thousand 
 s(]uare feet, and it is as perfect now as can be. 
 
 W. B. Clark, 
 
 Customs House Wharf, 
 
 Sarnia, Ont. 
 
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 MoNTRKAL, Oct. 22, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 I herewith hand you a list of buildings and other works in which 
 your Thorold Cement has been Used in our viciiiity, giving in every case 
 the best of satisfaction : 
 
 Montreal Street Railway — Office Building. 
 Bell Telephone Co. — Conduit work. 
 
 General trade. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 Alex Bremnkr. 
 
 Berlin, Ont., Oct. 21, 1896. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, On\ 
 We hereby testify thr.t your Thorold Cement has been used in our 
 vicinity, giving in every case the best of satisfaction. 
 
 The Berlin (las Co. have used some three cars of your Cement 
 this fall. 
 
 All our local contractors used it from me also, and tliey seem well 
 pleased with the same. 
 
 Vours truly, 
 
 R. BOEHMER, 
 
 Berlin, Ont. 
 
 
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 DuNNViLLE, Ont., April 17, 1897. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 (lENTLEMEN : I havc sold Battle's Thorold Cement for a number of 
 years, and have always found it to give the very best satisfaction, and can 
 highly recommend it. 
 
 Yours lespectfuUy, 
 
 James Rolston. 
 
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 Read this Testimonial from 
 
 The Reeve of Oakville 
 
 X Brkmnkr. 
 
 Oakvim.k, Jan. i6, 1897. 
 Estate of John Battle, 
 
 Manufacturers of Thorold Cement, 
 Thorold, Out. 
 Dear Sirs : '1 horold Cement was used in the construction of Aber- 
 deen swing l)ridge, town of Oakville, and it has given perfect satisfaction. 
 
 C. J. Marlatt, Reeve, 
 
 Chairman of Bridge Committee 1894. 
 
 S ROLSTON. 
 
 Read this Testimonial from 
 
 Beswetherick Bros. 
 
 Hagersville 
 
 HAdKRSVII.LE, JULV I, 1897. 
 
 Estate of John Battle. 
 
 Dear Sirs : Having used your 'I'horold Cement in our stable 
 floors, which were put in last fall under the supervision of your Mr. Ward 
 Hagar, we must say it has given us good satisfaction in every particular. 
 Our floors are as hard as stone. 
 
 We clean our stables by driving a team and wagon through the stable 
 on the concrete behind our stock, and load the manure on the wagon. 
 We can truly say it is just perfection for stable floors. 
 
 Yours, Etc., 
 
 Beswetherick Bros. 
 
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 How to Estimate 
 
 on Work in which Thorold Cemetit is to be Used 
 
 The following will give an idea of the quantities of material — Cement 
 and gravel — required for concrete work for barn walls and floors : 
 
 We select for example a barn 40 ft. x 60 ft., with walls 9)4 ft. high, 
 including 20 in. x 20 in. footings. 
 
 For the walls (14 in. at bottom, 12 in. at top), 22 cords gravel and 
 78^ bbls. of Cement will be required. 
 
 For the floors (3 in. thick), 4 cords gravel and 36 bbls. Oment will 
 be required. 
 
 So, taking these figures for a basis, a fairly reliable estimate can 
 be arrived at of the quantity of Cement and gravel that would be 
 required for a barn floor of any size, no matter how large or small. 
 
 The above figures are for solid work, and all openings put in walls 
 would take so much less material. 
 
 By using all the broken stone or brick-bats that can be u.sed in 
 walls and floors, it will take about one-third less Cement and gravel. 
 
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 How We Ship 
 
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 14 ft. high, 
 
 gravel and 
 
 Our Thorold Cement is shipped in harrels, in jute bags, and in 
 paper bags. 'J'wo (2) jute bags make a barrel, and three (3) paper bags 
 make a barrel. 
 
 Each barrel contains 240 lbs. Cement. 
 
 Each jute bag contains 120 lbs. Cement. 
 
 Each paper bag contains 80 lbs. Cement. 
 
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 It in walls 
 
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 gravel. 
 
 Our Travellers 
 
 R. J. IJattle, N. li. Hagar and H. Ward Hagar will be pleased 
 to call on any buyers of Thorold Cement and show them how to use 
 it. They will al.so call on any parties who intend using Cement aiid 
 give them reliable estimates of (juantity required, and other u.seful 
 information. 
 
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 Our Guarantee 
 
 The faithful carryiim out of our printed instructions will always 
 ensure success, but we can.iot assume that every one who uses our 
 Cement will so carry them out. 
 
 We are prepared to /guarantee any work done with our Thorold 
 Cement when such work is done under our superintendence. 
 
 Our guarantee is to simply refund any money that has been paid 
 us for any Cement used in work we superintend that does not prove 
 satisfactory. 
 
 EsiATK oi. John HAiri.i;, 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 'I'he Thorold (x-ment, 
 Thorold, Ont. 
 
35 
 
 Practical Hints 
 
 to 
 
 Users of Thorold Cemetit 
 
 Never attempt to build concrete walls during frosty weather. Experi- 
 ence has shown that after Nov. ist it is not .safe to do such work before 
 the following summer. 
 
 Concrete floors may be built with safety after Nov. ist, providing the 
 frost can be kept from the work. 
 
 Concrete work done in very warm weather should be kept damp for 
 a couple of weeks after being built. 
 
 All concrete work should be well rammed, as ramming increases its 
 strength very much. 
 
 The gravel and Cement should be thoroughly mixed dry before any 
 water is applied. 
 
 Creat care should be taken to have the gravel free from loam or 
 dirt, as such is a great detriment to the strength of concrete walls and 
 floors. 
 
 Cement work should not be tampered with after setting has begun. 
 
 Where sand is used, sharp sand with clean water is always the best. 
 Loamy sand is a great enemy to good Cement. 
 
 Cement and lime should not be used together in the same mortar. 
 
 Good Cement may be drowned by an excess of water. The less 
 water the better mortar. 
 
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 We have Testimonials from the following; prominent 
 
 Engineers, in approval of t^ie quality of our 
 
 Thorold Cement, copies of which will 
 
 be sent on application: 
 
 JOHN PA(JE, ESQ, 
 
 Chief Engineer Dominion of Canada. 
 
 THOS. MONRO, ESQ, 
 
 Engineer in charge Soulanges Canal. 
 
 W. C. THOMPSON, ESQ., 
 
 Engineer in charge New Welland (^anal. 
 
 P. A. PETERSON, ESQ., 
 
 Chief Engineer Canadian Pacific Railway. 
 
 J. C. HAH.EY, ESQ., 
 
 Chief Engineer Northern Pacific Junction R. R. 
 
 JOSEPH HOBSON, ESQ., 
 
 Chief Engineer (kand Trunk Railway System. 
 
 The following leading Railways of the cour^ry all 
 used our Thorold Cement in construction: 
 
 GRAND TRUNK RAHAVAV, 
 
 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. 
 
 MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY. 
 
 CREDLI" VALLEY RAILWAY. 
 
 ONTARIO AND QUEBEC RAILWAY, 
 
 WELLAND RAILWAY, 
 
 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, 
 
 NORTHERN PA( IFIC JUNCTION RAILWAY, 
 
 NIA(;ARA falls and QUEENSTON electric RAILWAY, 
 
 T. i: AND B. RAIIAVAY. 
 
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 Patent Improved 
 
 AUTOMATIC 
 
 Cement-testing Machine 
 
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 CAPACITY 1000 LBS. 
 
 SIZE, 22x9 IN. 
 
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 Our CettieMt-testing Machine 
 
 On the opposite page is a perfect cut of the Machirc- we use in 
 testing our (dement. 
 
 This machine has no springs or hydraulics to get out of order, but is 
 constructed with levers and pivots, strictly on the principle of the most 
 improved weighing apparatus. 'Ihti action is strictly aittomatic, and re- 
 quires no handling while the test is being made, thereby avoiding danger 
 in sudden jarring, which might break the specimen before its strength is 
 reached. 
 
 For the benefit of those who may be interested in the working of the 
 machine, we submit the directions given by the makers of the Tester for 
 using it, which directions we carefully follow out in making our tests, 
 thereby insuring accuracy and reliability. 
 
 Directions for Using 
 
 To make the specimen, lay the brass mould on a smooth board, fill it 
 with Cement and strike it off even on top. When hard enough, loosen 
 the fastenings at the ends of the mould and carefully take the mould away 
 from the specimen. Hang the cup F on the end of the beam D, as 
 shown in the illustration. See that the poise R is at the zero mark, and 
 balance the beam by turning the ball L. 
 
 Place the shot in the hopper B, the specimen in the clamps N N, and 
 aij' : the hand wheel P so that the graduated beam I) will rise nearly to 
 the stop K. Open the automatic valve J so as to allow the shot to run 
 slowly. Stand back and leave the machine to make the test. 
 
 When the specimen breaks, the beam I) drops and closes the valve J. 
 Remove the cup with the shot in it and hang the counterpoise weight G in 
 its place. Hang the cup F on the hook under the large balance ball E, 
 and proceed to weigh the shot in the ordinary way, using the poise R on 
 the graduated beam I) and the weights H on the counterpoise weight G. 
 The result will show the number of pounds required to break the 
 specimen. 
 
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