Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW EMBELLISHMENTS.
PUBLIC SALE
OF THE
Valuable Water Power,
OF THE
Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers
AT
HARPER,S FERRY. w. Va.

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Government ofthe United States, stood
with the unsurpassed Water Power,
Canals and Dams connected Herewith.
The United States
VS.
The Harper's Ferry Wa
ter Power and Maufac- In Chancery.
turing Co. of West Va,
Francis G. Adams, ct al.
n United oea'es In Chancery
Francis g. Adams, ct al
The United States
VS.. In Chancery
Francis G. Adams, Gin No. 2.
ton Lloyd, &c.
By authority conferred on me, as
Commissioner, by virtue OF DEGREES
passed by the District Court of the U,
s., for the District of West Virginia, at
Wheeling, iD the above three Chance
ry causes, / shall proceed, on
THURSDAY, 10Th Day ofJuIy,1876
at Harper's Ferry, w. Va, on the sew
eral respective tracts of land hereinaf-
ter pentioned, to sell at public auction
the following valuable real estate, with
the water power connected herewith:
FIRST-The water power entire of
the Potomac River, as held by the
United States under the c~onveyances to
George Washin gton, President of the
United States. in 1894, and thereafter
by the devisees of Robert Harper and
others, as existing and held by the
United States. on the Both day of No
vember, 1869, the date of the sale of said
property, under direction Of the Secre-
tary of War. This property includes
the site ofthe old Armory buildings or
Musket factory, Byrne's Island, and Is
lands A, B and G. in the Potomac Riy-
err, and all the strip of land and bluff
bordering on the Potomac River and
lyins between said river and the
| streets and lots of the town of Harper's
Ferry, as laid down on the map of said
property, used at the sale of1869. Also
all the valuable water power of the
| river Potomac at said place, with the
canals, dams and other privileges, and
the lots with the buildings theron,
embraced in Lot No. | on said sale map
| o f1869. The road bed of the Baltimore
g. Ocio Railroad Company is construct
ed through this Lot No l..
SECOND-All of the valuable water
power entire OF the Shenandoah River,
at Harper's Ferry, as held by the
United States at the time of said sale in
1869, embracing the site of the Rife
factory, with all the appurtenances
thereto Observation-Disclosures as Lot
2 on said mar used at the sale of 18G9.
THIRD-Two lots situated in Har-
per's Ferry, in Block A, on Shenan-
doah street, as laid down on map of
said property, and said town ofHarper's
Ferry. by direction of the War Depart
ment in 1852, being lots 2 and 5 of said
property, in said Block A, leach fronting
30 feet on Shenandoah street, running
through to Shenandoah river, intersect-
| ed by an alley 10 feet wide at the rail-
road embankment.
These lots are situated lea the inter-
section ofthe Shenandoah with the Po-
tomac, near the business portion of said
town, and are considered desirable and
valuable.
TERMS OF SALE-Ten per cent. of
the amount for which each of said Lots
sell will be required of the respective
purchasers on the day of sale. For the
residue of the purchase money a credit
of one and two years will be given. the
purchaser executing bonds, in equal
amounts, with good personal security
bearing interest from day of sale. A
lien on the property sold will also be
retained, to secure the payment of the
purchase money.
The above suits were instituted by
the United States for the purpose of
subjecting the property hereinbefore
described to sale, and applying the pro-
ceeds of sale to the discharge of the
bonds executed by defendants in said
suits, at the sale of said property made
bp the United States in 1869.
Any additional information as to this
property, its situation, condition, and
purposes for which it is adapted. will
be furnished by the undersigned, who
solicits correspondence on the subject.
Copies of said map ofsalc, referred TO
above, together with additional descrip-
ton of said property and of the sur
rounding country will be furnished on
application. This property is consider
ed among the most valuable in the
country for manufacturing purposes, on
account of its remarkable water power.
If said sale is not completed on said
Goth day of July, 1876, the same will be
adjourned from day to day, and timeto
time, until completed.
N. GOFF, J2.,
Commissioner.
CLARKsBURG, W. Va, May II, rs,
May 20, tdw