Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-16

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Factories -lormerly operated by the
Governn ent ofthe Uni.ed States stood
with the unsurpassed Water Power,
Canals and Dams connected Herewith.
The United States
VS..
The Ha~per's Ferry Wa
ter Powe- and Maufac- In Chancery.
turing Co. of West Va,
Francis G. Adams, ct al.
inv VS. ~ In Chancery
Francis q. Adams, ct al NO. !.
The United States
VS.. In Chan Gerry
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 Dist let of West Virginia, at
Wheeling, 10 tie above three Chance
ry causes, l shall proceed, on
THURSDAY, 18th Day ofSept. 1875
at Harper's Ferry, w. Va, on the sew
eral respec i've tracts of land hereinat-
ter mentioned, to sell at public auc ton
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 conveyar ces to
George Washin gton, President 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 War. This property includes
the site of the old Armory buildir rs. or
Musket factory, Byrne's Island, and Is
lands A, and G. in TIE Potomac Riy-
er, and all the strip of land and bluff
bordering on the potomac River and
lying between said river and the
streets and lots of the town of Har ,er' s
Ferry, as laid dow on the map OF said
property, used at tie sale OF 1860. Also
all the valuable water power of the
river Potomac at said place, with the
cana s,dams and other privileges, and
the lots with the buildings theron,
embraced in Lot No. l on said sale map
of 1869. The road bed of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company is construct
edlthrough thus Lot Mol.
SECOND-All of the valuable water
Sewer 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 map used at the sale of 1869.
TIL fRD-Two lots situated in Har-
pers Ferry, in Block A, on Shenan-
doah street, as laid down on map of
said property, and said town of Harpers
Ferry, by direction of the War Depart
ment in 1852, being lots 2 and Of said
property, in said Block A, each fronting
20 feet on Shenandoah street, running
through 10 Shenandoah river, intersect-
ed by an alley 10 feet wide at the rail
road embankment.
These lots are situated near the inter-
section of the 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
subjeeting 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 of Sept. 1876, the same will be
adjourned from day to day, and time to
time, until completed.
N. GOFF, Ja.,
Commissioner.
CLARKsBURG, w. Va, May1 '75.