Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-23

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Canals and Dams connected Herewith.
The United States
The Harper Ferry Wa
ter Power and Maufac- In Chancery.
turing Co. of West Va,
Francis G. Adams, ct al.
The United States ~
VS.. ~ Inancery
Francis 9. Adams, ct al NO. l.
The United States
vs.. In Chan Gerry
Francis @. Adams, Gin No. 2.
ton Lloyd, 9'c.
BY authority conferred on me. as
Commissioner, by virtue OF DEGREES
passed by the District Court Of the IT.
s., for the District of West Virginia, at
Wheeling, in the above three Chanc O.
ry causes, shall proceed, on
THURSDAY 0th Day ofSept., 1875
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 conveyances 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 30th day of No.
vember, 1869, the date of the sale fsaid
property, under direction of the Secre-
tary of War. This property includes
the site ofthe old Armorv buildings, or
Musket factory, Byrnes 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
lying between said river and the
reefs and lots of the town of Harper
Ferry, as laid down on the map of said
property, used at the sale of1S69. 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. on said sale map
of 1859. The road bed Of the Baltimore
81 Ohio Railroad Company is construct
edlthrough this Lot No l.
.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.
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 Of Harper's
Ferry, by direction of the War Depart
NJ in Iof r -
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 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 We're 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 1862
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, j.,
Commissioner.
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