Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-13
MOUNT VERNON COTTON FACTORY
wi AT ALEXANDRIA,, VA,
FOX SALE

BY an order of the Hon. j. e. Underwood,
Judge of the U. 5. Circuit Court for the Dis
trict of Virginia, made by consent of parties ut
Chambers on tho 10th day Of July, 1869, in the
Cause in chsncery, in which TurnbGn II Co.
are compliments, and Abiah Thomas and 9TH
ers are defendants, the undersigned were ap-
pointed Commissioners to receive proposals for
purchasing the Mount Vernon Cotton Factory,
in tho city OF Alexandria. Virginia, and Nil the
land belonging thereto. AS conveyed by Ali
jah Thomas and wife u Reuben Johnston,
Trustee, by deed of the I'D day of January,
le66, (Llber Y, NJ. ., of the lHud records OF
Alexandria couIty,) with all the machinery,
fixtures, apparatus aud personal property, be
.ongIng to or used with the said Factory.
Proposals will be received until 10 o'clock u.
ia. OF Saturday, August Ii, 1863 on which day
they viii 10 opened by one of the Judges of
the Court, in presence of the undersign -
They must be sealed, endorsed proposals for
tho purchase of tue Mount Vernon Cotton Fac
tory at AlcNSndr!a, Va, and all the real and
perSonSt estate, machinery and apparatus be-
t"nSlng thereto, and addressed To Reuben
S.enst%n C9mm'soner T6fS be I si"so the
P''.oi 10 ioin IN tho bonds foe Tho Iocrri pro
pn,rts An offers mus. be mae ON tha c'Ii Lay
r., terms. One-fOurth OF the pLrcbs.,, -
-, 10 aid in cash On accep"9co - ',.cy
o,su tsvn dir. r~ett. ytfS3'9Hi npts ut SIN
Tho day OF sale, tn be secured by the ls ron.
the purchaser, with good security, bearing "
trrcst from tho date of the acceptance Of q o
otter. aud its sanction by tho Court. or one o.
The Judges thereof the title to be retained IN
III Tao purchase money is fully paid and tbs
property TO be Liable % resale, by an orIe- in
sNd cause, at tho cost and risk Of tho ...rchas.
~, upon his failure 10 comply Wit. the terms
90 safe; ana, rs further prOvisi IN in tho sale,
the chaser to DO required 20 &ecl, insured
INC buildings and machincry Of the said Fac
:, ii INC or more sale insurance companies,
III tnS sum OF SIXTY thousand dollars, and u
the undersigned. j
- sad L octory stands upon lot binding
about ~ Get on Washington street, and rs
ieet on +'endle.on street. Tho buildings arc o:
hrlC.n, covered with slate: tho Factory is four
stories high, and contains $500 spin1lcs, III
looms and other machinery in proportion
Tho office and picking house arc dctachci.
The buildings arc in excellent order, and arc
temarkably strong; and tho machinery IS Ill
in good fair working order The engines and
boilers (COrliss patent) are OF lu) horse power,
and have been in use less than u year The
mill has now n capacity for 5000 yards OF brown
,heeting per day; and at q small expense in
altering its arrangements, its producing capacity
can be increased to lGO looms. The bias must
be for tho whole establishment in bulk.
The town of Alexandria is connected by rail-
roads with all parts of the country,as well us by
tho Potomac River and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, by which last Cumberland coal Is
supplied at low rates
The stock of cotton on hand, in process Of
manufacture, will also be disposed OF separately
for cash, on proposals to be made as aforesaid
the money to be paid on acceptance of the o.'o1.
r. JOHNSTON,
Z. L. SMITH,
II. y. OLAUGHTON,
l.. M. LOWE,
IL l4-eOts Comm'rs. of Sale.