Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-27
AUCTION SALES.
Virginia Midland Railroad

FOR SALE AT P BLIC AU CTION
By virtue of ard in obedience to decree rem
dered by the Circuit Court for the city OF Alex
andrs in the chsncsry cause Of John Q. Graham
Great Southern Railroad Com psny and others,
/ shall, in front of the Market Building, on Roy
Al street. in the city cf Alexandris. in the State
OF Virgins, at twelve Q2) clock M.
ON MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY
OF DECEMBER, 1880.
sell At public auction 10 the highest bidder, the
t0 TbeEATIRE LINE OF RAILROADknown
ss the Washington City, Virginia Midlsnd and
Great Southern Railroad, lying between the city
of Alexandria and the city Of Danvile and fro m
the town of Manassas, in the county OF Prince
William, on the aforesaid main line, to the town
of Harrison burg, in the county Of Rockingham
together with sll the branches thereof ss they
now exist with all sppurtensnces and equip
ments. rights, privileges. franchises, properties,
real and personal. and works to the said railroad
and branches respectively belonging, or in any
wise appertaining, including the roadway and
tracks. rails and road bed, side tracks, bridges,
viAduct. trestes fences, stations, depoF, machine
shops and all other buildings snd .tructures
docks and whsrves, sand aud gravel pits and de.
posts OF materials and all other things bslong
ing TO. or used or designed to be used, for or in
connection with the said railroad or branch rail-
roads respectively. together with all locomotives
and tenders, freight and passenger cars and all
other cars and all other rolling stock or equip.
ment W whatsoever. machinery, tools and all ma
!erisls for the of said railroad or any of its
branches and all other personal property there
unto belonging including all property and
things whatsoever Of any such nature or descrip.
tion as is above mentioned The said line OF
railway snd branches extends total distance OF
346 miles.
The purchaser of said road and property
above described will also be substituted TO the
rights and assume the responsibilities of said de-:
fendAnt company under contract between said
Company, dated on the Doth day of August,
1873. whereby the said Baltimore and ohio
Railroad Company leases from said defendant
company 80 much OF the said road as lies be-
tween Strasburg and Harrisonburg and so
much of said road as lies between said points
will be sold subject to said lease.
The said purchaser will further take slsd road
and other property subject to the contracts made
under orders of the Circuit Court Of the city OF
AleIsndris by the Receiver IN said suit with the
psny and the Franklin and Pttsylvanis Railroad
company-and subject to sll other contracts of the
Receiver in regard to said property, whether
made under order OF the Court or not, and will
assume sll his liabilities Hereunder Should
the purchaser not comply with the terms of
sale, there will be resale st his cost and risk.
Terms: The terms upon which said Commls~
soner shall sell said property as set forth in the
ssid degree sre-cssh as to sum OF money
equal to the principal and interest of all bonds
secured by deeds of trust on said property or
any part thereof, except those secured by the
deed of trust of the defendant corporation, dated
or the 1st of May, 1873. in which D. b. Miller.
Robert Gerrett and John w Burke are trustees,
and for further amount of cash equal to Inc
past due interest on the debt secured BY that
deed; as to sum equal to the principal OF the
debt which has bsen heretofore ascertained to be
due under said deed, on such credit as will meet
the amount of said debt ut maturity, taking
care thst IS to such deferred payments provi-
sion be made for the purchaser to 80 pay inter.
est on ths purchase money in instslments that
the interest so to be paid by him shall meet the
coupons for interest yet to fall due on said prln-
cipsl-ss to reeidue of the purchase money
on a credit of one, two and three years, with In
ierest from date of sale.
For the deferred payment, as allowed provided
the Commissioner shalltake the obligations OF the
purchaser and return them withhis report OF sale,
when the Court will direct how the payment OF
the same shall be secured by some satisfactory
lien on the premises sold
Of the cash, which it is herein provided shall
be required on the sale of said property, two
hundred thousand dolsrs (S20O 0OOl shall oe
paid to the Com missioner within tive days after
said sale. and the residue shall be paid by the
purchaser upon the confirmation of said sse IN
sucn manner as the Court IN the decree OF con
frmstion may direct
JOHN 8. BARBOUR.
oct 16-td Commissioner of Sale.