Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-07-24
FOR SALE.
RON FOR SALE.

The subscriber Offers, NJ private sale, "SH a.
RON the former residence of the late Com.
Thos Ap. c. Jones II lies in Fairfax county,
Va, miles from GEORGETOWN and Washing
ton city, on the turnpike road leading from
= Lee;burg; contains 30 acres
I ha improvements arc u STONE Dwell a
LING HOUSE. two stories and basement HI
also a substantial stone Building for gardener
ard servants; good barns, good orchards
good grain and gras; lands ana me wateI.-
signed, p. o. Langley, Fairfax CO, Va "a also TO
THOS II. LOVE, Attorney at Law, Fair'ax
Court House. Va. rro IT..
MOUNT VERNON COTTON FACTORY
M AT ALEXANDRIA,, VA,
FOR SALE.
BY sn order OF the Hon. }. &. Underwood,
Judge of the u. 5. Circuit Court for tho DIS.
trct of Virginia, made by consent OF parties, ut
Chambers, or tho 10th day of July, 1869, in the
cause in chancery, in which Turnball & 20.
are complainants, and Abijsh Thomas and 9TH
ers are defendants, the undersigned were aap-
pointed Commissioners to receive proposals Tor
purchasing the Mount Vernon Cotton Factory,
in the city OF Alexandria, Virginia, ana all the
land belonging thereto, Us conveyed by ADJ
jah Thomas and wife to Reuben Johnston,
Trustee, by deed of the 2}d day OF January,
1866 (I.ber X, No. 3 Of the land records OF
Alexandria county, with all tho machinery,
longing t. or used with the said Factory:
Proposals will be received until 10 O'Clock Il.
m. of Saturday, August IA, 1869, on when day
they will be opened by one oi the Judges oil
the Court in presence of the undersigned. -
They must be sealed, endorsed proposals for
the purchase of the Mount Vernon Cotton Fac
tory ut Alexandria, Va, and all the real and
personal estate machinery and apparatus be-
longing thereto nnl addressed TO Reuben
Johnston, Commissioner. They must state tho
price offered, and the names OF the sureties pro-
posed to join in the bonds for the deferred pay
ments. All offers must be made on the follow
ing terms ne.foUrlh Of the purchase money
to bo paid in Dash on acceptance OF The o1er,
and tho residue in equal instruments NJ SIX,
twelve, eighteen and tWenty-iour months rom
the iay of salo, to be secured by the bonds OF
the purchaser. with good security, bearing IN
terest from tho date % ,ne acceptance OF the
offer. and it., sanction By the COur. or one OF
the Judges thereof: the title to be retained I'M
Ill the purchase money is fully paid, and the
property 10 be liable u resale, by IN order IL
sairi cause al the cost and risk OF the purchas'
or. upon his failure to comply with the terms
Of sale: and, as II further provision III me saie,
the purchaser to DO required 10 keep insured
the buildings and machinery OF the SAID Fac
tory in one or more safe Insurance. companies
in the sum OF sixty thousand dollars, and to
transfer and assign the policies OF iniurance to
the undersigned.
The said Factory stands upon lot pinding
about $50 feet on Washington street. anu l25
feet on Pcndle.on strcst. The buildings are o:
brick covered with slate: tho Factory Is Tour
stories high, ana contains $500 spindles, Ia
looms ard other machinery III proportion. =
The office and picking house IRE detached
The buildings are IN excellent order ana are
remarkably strong; and the machinery Is All
in good fair working order The engines and
boilers (Corliss pntentJ are of lOJ horse power,
and have been in use less than year; TEe
mill has now capacity for 5000 yards of brown
shee,ng per day; and at small expense 10
altering It's arrangements, its producing capacity
can be increased to 100 looms. Tho BIDS must
be for tho whole establishment in bulk.
Tho town of Alexandria is connected by rail-
roads with all parts OF the country,as well rs by
the Potomac River and the ChosapcaKo and
Ohio Canal, by which last Cumberland coal /;
supplied ut low rates.
The stock of cotton on hand, in process o
manufacture, will also BIO disposed OF separated
for cash, on proposals to be made rs Aforesaid
the money to BIO paid on acceptance OF the oher
Il. JOHNSTON,
f. L. SMITH,
HO CLAU9HTON
+. NJ. LOWE,
jy li-eot- Comm rs. OF ""ie