Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-09

CanalS ana Dams connected the reWith
The United States !
VS..
The Harper FerryWe-
ter Power and Maui IN Clancery.
turing Co. OF West Va,
Francis G. Adams, ct al.
The United States ~ o.
VS.. IL Shancc y
Francis 9. Adams, ct al NO. !.
The United States !
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, in the above three Chance :.
~ causes, | shall proceed, on
THURSDAY,28 Day ofSept. 1875
at Harper's Ferry, w. Va, on the sew
eral respective tracts of land hereinat-
ter mentioned, to sell at public auct ton
the fol owing valuable real estate, with
the water power connected Herewith
FlKST-The water power entire of
the Potolaac River, as held by the
United States under the conveyances to
George Washin gton, President of the
United States. in 1894, and IL GREATER
by the devisees OF Robert Harn n and
9-hers, as existing and held by the
United States. on the Both day of No
vcmber, 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 buildipg s, or
Musket factory, Byrne's Island, and Is
lands A, B and G. in the Potomac Riv-
er, and all the strip 0; land and bluff
bordering on the potomac River and
lying between said river and the
streets and lots of the town of Harper's
Ferry, as laid dow i on TIE map OF said
property, used at the sale of 1863. Also
all the valuable water power of the
river Potomac at said pace, with the
cana S, dams and other privileges, and
the lots with the buildings theron,
embraced in Lot No. on said sale map
of 1859. The road bed of the Baltimore
81 Ocio Railroad Company is construct
edlthrough thus Lot Mol.
SECOND-All of the valuable water
Sewer entire of the Shenandoah River.
at Harpers 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 appartenances
thereto Neutrality-suspicious. as Lot
2 on said map used at the sale of 1869.
TIL RD-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 of Harper's
Ferry, by direction of the War Depart
in hai - u !
property, in said Block A, each fronting
10 feet On Shenandoah street, running
tnrouah 10 Shenandoah river, intersect-
ed by an alley 10 feet wide at the rail-
road embankment.
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 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 ofsale, 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
28th day ofSept. 1876, the same will be
adjourned from day to day, and TIME to
time, until completed.
N. GOFF, Ja.,
Commissioner.
CLARKsBURG, w. Va, May II, IT'S,