Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-15

GLIDING the ground whereon the Armo-
ry buildings, the Musket and Rife
Factories -formerly operated by the
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 all
The United States t. chonoorr
VS.. NJ
Francis 9. Adams, ct al w.
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, in 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 mentioned, 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 conyeyances to
George Washin gtoa, President of the
TTpital Cfofno - 1-0f n-1 t1nvna O. ~,
by the devisees OF Robert Harper and
others, as existing and held by the
United States. on the 30th day of No
vember, 1869, the date of the sale ofsaid
property, under direction of the Secre-
tary of War. This property includes
the site of the old Armory buildings, or
Musket factory, Byrne's Island, and Is
lands A, B and g, in the Potomac Riv-
err, and all the strip of land and bluff
bordering on the Potomac River and
lyins between said river and the
streets and lots ofthe town of Harper's
Ferry, as laid down on the map Of said
| property, used at the sale oflS69. Also
all the valuable water p0wer 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 mar
o. 1869. The road bed of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company is construct
ed through thus Lot No /.
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
1860, embracing the site of the Rife
factory, with all the appurtenances
thereto ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as Lot
2 on said map used at the sale of19G9.
THIRD-Two lots situated in Har-
per's Ferry, in Block a, on Shenan-
doah street, rs 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, each 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 near the inter
section ofthe Shenandoah with the Po-
tomac, near the business portion ofsaid
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 abov" 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-
tion 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 Oh said
Goth day ofJuly, 1876, the same will be
adjourned from day to day, and timeto
time, until completed.
N. GOFF, Ja.,
Commissioner.
CLARKsBURG, w. Va, May ii, IT'S,
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