Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-12
AUCTION SALES.
Virginia Midland Railroad
,opsALEATPUBLIC AUCTION

POR 8 a Ii A y uAS n W ~
pr v;,tpe of and in obedience to decree rem
dored by the Circuit Court for the city OF AisA.
sndris in the chsncsry Cause OF John y. ulsaaa
o. The Washington City, Virginia hloi oiana ano
Great Southern Railroad company anu IN U.R Rou,
=, s,Ieet in the city # Alexandria IN the State
- Virginia, at twelve Q2) o'clock a.:
ON ., IHf0NbAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY
oN 1 OF DECEMBER. 1880
,ou .t nublic auction to the hlgheot Dldoer' tne
following described property; y;,o,Dl,
o.. tbe Ws.bine eton City, Virgins Midland and
G,sst Southern Railroad, lying between the city
" aIeIsndris and the city Of Dsnvllle, ana ftom
80 town of Manassas, in the county OF frince
Wiliism, on the aforesaid main line to the Town
of Harrison burg. in the county OF hccslhgo osm,
together with sll the branches thereon as tneS
nov exist with sll sppurtensnees and equip
msnts, rights, privileges. franchises, properties,
resl aud personal, and works to the ssld fsiiroao
ard branches respectively belonging. or IN any
wise sppertsining, including the roadway ana
tracks rails and road bed, side tracks, bridges,
yi,duct trestes fences, stations, depots, mschlne
shops and sll other buildings and tt'ucture''
docks and whsrves, sand and gravel pits ana De
nosts OF materials and all other things belong
i,g 10. or used or designed to be used, Tor 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 csrs and all other rolling stock or equip
ment whatsoever. machinery, tools and sll ma
teisls for the use of eaid railroad or any OF it's
branches and all other personal property there,
INTO belonging including all property aud
things whatsoever of any such nature or desc7lp
tion 81 is above mentioned The said llns OF
railway and branches extends total distance OF
345 miles.
The Purchaser of said road and property
ho5 nil ali ho a
rights sno assume the responsibilities OF said de-.
fsndant company under contrac! between SAID
company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, dated on the 10th day Of August,
1873 whereby the said baltimore lad hlo
Railroad Company leases from SAID dei-ndsnt
company 30 much of the said road as lies be-
tween Strssburg and Hsrrisonb burg and 30
much of said road IS lies between said points
will be sold subject to eaid lease.
The said purchaser will further take siad road
and other property subject to the contracts made
under orders Of the Circuit Court OF the city OF
Ae1andris py the Receiver IN said suit with the
Charlottesville and Rspidsn Railroad Com
psny and the Fran h lin and Pistsylvanis Railroad
company-aud u5ject to all other contracts of the
Receiver in regard to said property, whether
made under order of the Court or not, and will
assume all his liabilities thereu lder Should
the purchaser rot comply WITH the terms OF
SALE there wi be resale at his cost and risk.
Terms: The terms u oon which said Commis~
sioner shall sell said property set forth in the
said degree are-cssh as to q sum OF money
equal to the principal and interest Of al 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, dsted
on the lst of May, 1878. in which d b. Miller.
Robert Garrett and John W. Burke are trustees
and for further amount of cash equal to the
past due interest on the debt secured by that
deed; as to sum equal to the principal OF the
debt which has bsen heretofore asce,tsined to be
due ader said deed, on such credit as will meet
the amount of said debt at maturity, taking
care that as to such deferred pay ments provi-
sion be made for the purchaser to 80 pay inter.
est on the purchase money in instslments that
the interest 80 to bs paid by him shsll meet the
coupons for interest yet to fall due on said prln-
ciDal-as to resdue of the purchase money
on credit of one. two and three years, With in.
ierest from date of sale.
For the deferred payment as alb wed provided
the Commissioner shalitake the Obligations OF the
purchaser aud return them witnhis report of ssle,
when the Court will direct how the pay ment 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 dollars $500 00ON shsll be
paid to the Commissioner within five days after
said ssle aud the residue shall be paid by the
purchaser upon the conf-mat of said sale in
ruch manner as the Court IN the decree OF con
JOHN 8. BARBOUR.
oct 18-td Commssi oner of Sale.
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