National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-02
JUDICIAL SALE At PUBLIC AUCTION OF
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UpSn an order passed on the 29d day OF July, 1874
By the Supreme Court OF the District Of Columbia,
sitting as pistrlet Court Of the United states In
sonal property Of The First National Bank Of
ne bor eoc se Pubic s q
WEDNESDAY, being ne ninth DAY, Of December,
triet 81 Columbia. the banklng house % The First
nuTe and heEe0 sgbe t o
alton ofthe sale by said court.
mainder in one aud two years, IN equal annual In
stallments, bearing six per cent interest per ali-
reserved upon the property sold, and the purchaser
viii be reaulred 70 keep The same insured de-
REQUIRED at time Of sale. AL cOnveyaneing at ex-
If terms Of sale are not complied with within
seven days from day OF sale right Is reseryedo re-
sell property at risk and cost Of defAulting pur-
The property above referred to is described by
metes and bounds as follows: Consisting Of parts
of lots known aud designated on the plat OF said
Square nunbered Two hundred and se
(Z24,l and bounded and described as follows: Be-
Corner Of said lot nnrnber eight Isl ana running
thence east parallel with g street one hundred and
along the north line Of said lot numbered eight l
ten Qo) to the east line OF said lot, at point sew
enty-hIe feet as ft) from G street, thence south
thirty feet eight and one haif inches Is r.
s. In 70 the north line Of q hftee1;foot alley;
three feet ana two inches (2s q. in to the east
along tie said east line Of said lot numbered sSht
() two feet, 20 point forty feet eight and one haf
inches 90 II. 81 n) south from the north line OF
said lot; thence west in q line parallel with the
north line Of said lot hundred feet 1c0 n
and half inches GO f. 81 in from the north
west corner OF said lot numbered eight, Cs ) and
thence north along the line Of said street said
named distance to the point of beginning.
1t Is improved by q handsome, marble-frOnted,
hre-proof building, the lower story Of which was
recently occupied as banking house by arm OF
Jay Cooke Co., and the upper story by First
The building fronts forty feet eight inches
fifteenth street, opposite to the United States
Treasury Department; no locality In the city being
more advantageous for banking or business pur-
poses. 1t contains in the upper and lower stories
Well-constructed and coInmOdious vaults.
The personal property 10 be sold includes four
large and excellent safes, formerly used by First
National Bank and arm Of Jay Cooke s CO.,) be-
me real elite is among the most valuable in
washington city. The building Is handsome and
Substantially constructed, and Its original cost, in
1854 Is estimated at eightyfOur thousand dollars
1854 0,) exclusive Of the price Of the land, which
has since enhanced in value.
The property was purchased by The First Ma
tional Bank in 1855 for ninety-seTen thousand dol
lars, and taxes and assessments have been paid up
The lower banking-rooms were leased BY the
Receiver from August l, 1874, until February 4,
1875 at the rate of fftN dollars week, to the Cit
zens' National Bank Of Washington. On the ex-
nrmaton OF the sale by the courtean take absolute
possession Of these lower rooms, as well - the
upper ones. EDWIN L. STANTON,
Receiver Of First National Bank Of Washington,
LArINTER q CLEARY, Auctioneers.
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