New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-07
In Chancery-No. 1919.

IrSpER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE POWERS
y and authority conferred by the Circuit Court
the April term OF the said court ). U. 1874. and
under the terms OF the deeds OF trust established
in the said decree. as made by the New Orleans
Cakes Ames and Edwin D. Morgan, their success.
sOrs and assigns, Bearing date the fifteenth day o!
March. 1870. and the first day of January. 1872.
and to provide fo1 this payment Of the Gebte
there. 4 described and in the deed o: trust
to the Governor OF the State of Louis.
D. 1870. will sell. under the superintendent and
direction Of Francis A. WOOltley. MASTER as pro.
vided in the said decree. the entire property en-.
Orleans. on the EIGHTEENTH DAY OF KOyEM.
Der NEXT. before the Custom house. in the said
city. between thu hours Of II A. N. and P. u. o:
that day.
The property described consists Of the railroad
and railroads constructed or to be constructed in
that part Of the state Of Louisiana, vest Of the
Mississippi river. and in tn. State of Texas. IL
either of them, constituting parts portions sec.
tons Of the main or branch lines of railroads Of
TIE New Orleans. Mobile and Texas Railroad Com.
pany. as authorized by fhe laws OF the S,atee OF
Louisiana or Texas. including the right Of way
and all other rights. interests and estate OF the
said corporation to the lands occupied by said
railroad or railroads and to all Of the lands which
have been acquired, owned and occupi. d for con.
structing. repairing. operating doing the bust.
ness of the said railroads, including all epors eta
ton houses. engine houses. car houses freight
houses. store houses. sheds, machine shops.
repair shops. business houses, Offices and buildings
owned or occupied III connection with the said
railroad and railroads, with the super structures
tracks. rails and all the appartenances thereof.
with the rolling stock, cars, engines tenders. tools.
machinery, vessels. steam b0ats. tug boats, boats
with their engines. boilers tackle. apparel and
furniture, all fixtures fuel mate..als and all other
personal property used or employed exclusively
for the repair construction operation and bust.
of the said railroads, together with al! Of the
franchises, rights and privileges of the said corpo.
ration. whether corporate otherwise to con-
struct, maintain or manage the said railroad and
the branches thereof or connected With or relas.
atv,
and use thereof, or any part thereof, whethsy DO
rived from the United States, the States OF Ala.
counties, cities, towns, corporations individuals
with tine power to collect the tolls rents and in.
comes theIefrOm, with al! She tenements heredi.
taments. appurtelancss, and all the right tire
and estate Of the said corporation and IFS assigns
fully IS the same are granted in The deeds arole
said or which ! am authorized to sol! under the
said deeds and the decree OF the count
The said property will he cod in separate par.
cells, as follows:
First-The section Of the rsilroa. commencing
on the west bank of the Mississippi river near Rev
Orieans, at WestwegO, for the distance Of seventy
miles to Donaldsonyllle, neat the Bayou LafoUrchs
and beyond that point toward vermilionvil,e being
the portion completed or nearly completed will b.
sold, with the rolling stock ell gines cars depots
stations. tracks, s1perstructures, nights. priv.
Ieges franch ses, and whatever else beiuugs to OF
10 . purtenant 10 the same Uade. the general de.
SER ton above set forth.
SecOnd-Au that portion Of the said main iina
which commences az a point seventy niles distant
from Westwego, and extends wesrWardly TO Yer.
miliOnvie, in the parish of Lafav etc ard thence
to Sabine river, in the direction of Houston in
Texas together the lines Of railroad authorized 10
be made tberefrOm TO est Baton Rouge and to the
city of Shreveport, in the parish of TaGdo and to
Alexandria other place in the parish OF Rapdes
or elsewhere, north OF the main line with ali the
estates interests, rights franchises, privIle ses
appurtenances and real and personal prope,ty
thereto belonging, held, owned occupied or used
by the said company and which are embraced un.
der the terms Of the deeds aforesaid And ,hs de-
cree of the said Circuit Court.
Third-Au that line Of railroad running north.
westwardiy from Brashear City to the town Of
ve1m1onvilie. which the said New Orleans, Mo-
bile and Texas Railroad Company ACQUIRED from
Charles Morgan, with all the rights of wsy, tracks,
supertIuctures, estates, interests and properly
real and personal, appertaiuing to the same, and
the franchises privileges and lmmunities attached
to the line between the said termini Of Blasbear
City and vsrnilliOnville. and in said town aud
city.
Fourth-Au the line OF railroad, with fhe ri9hts
est ate interests, fraE chises privileges and immu.
Mites between the Sabine river aud the CITY of
Houston in the State of Texas, and the entire
estate of the said corporation, embraced in the
general description, ~ before made, within the
State of Texas.
The terms of sale are cash. The privilege OF bid.
ding is reserved in the decree 90 the tgus,ees in
the deeds before mentioned.
Absorption of the property vii! be laced with
the master ten 1Sys before the sale
FRANK II. AMES Trustee,
Approved