Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-13
AUCTIOR SALES.
Virginia Midland Railroad
FOR sALEATP PUBLIC AUCTION

Virginia lllolanQ hallrOau
FORSALEAT P o UBLIC AUCTION
Bv virtue of ard in obedience TO decree rem
dered by the Circuit Court for the city ct Alex
sndris in the chnncery cause of John @. Graham
VS.. the Washington City, Virginia MIC ;snu ano
Great Southern Railroad Company ana otnelS'
shall in front of the Market Building. on BOY.
al street in the city # Alexandra, IN the state
Of Virginia, st twelve az S1esE SSSTIETH III DAY
OF DECEMBER, 1889,
sell at public auction to The highest bidder the
following described property:
The eENTIRE LIN EOF RAILROAD known
a. the Washington City, Virgins Midland ard
Grest Southern Railroad, lying between the city
If slexsndris and the city of Uanviile and fro q
the town of Manassas, in the county of Prince
William, on :he aforesaid main line, to the town
of harrison burg in the county of Rockingham.
together with all tie branches thereof as they
now exist with all sppurtensnces and equip
ments, righ.s, privileges, franchises, properties,
real and personal, anu works to the said railroad
snd branches respectively belonging, or In any
wise appertsinng including the roadway and
tracks, rails and road bed, side tracks, bridges,
yi,duct trestles fences stations dep ets, machine
shops and all other buildings and structures,
docks and whsrvss, sand and gravel pits and de
posts OF materials and all other things belong
connection with the SAID railroad or branch rail-
rosds respectively together with ell locom olives
and tenders, freight AID passenger cars and sll
other cars and all other rolling stock or equip
menl whatsoever. machinery, tools and all ma
Ietiss for the use Of esid railroad or any Of It's
branches and sll other personal property there
unto belonging including all property and
things whatsoever Of spy such nature or desc:lp
lion 81 is above mentioned The said line OF
railwsy and brsnt hos extends total distance OF
346 miles.
The purchaser of said road aud property
above di crbed will also be substituted to the
rights ana assume the responsibilities OF said de-
fendsnt company under contract between said
comp,ny and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, dated on the Goth day Of Augus!,
1873 whereby the said baltimore and hio
kuiirosd Company leases from said defendant
company 50 much OF the Said roai as lies be-
tween Strasburg and Harrisonburg and 80
much of esid road as lies between said points
will be sold subject tn said lease.
The said pull chaser will further take elsd road
and other property subject to the contracts made
under orde.s OF the Circuit Court OF the city OF
Alexandria ~ the Receiver IN said suit with the
Charlottesville and Rapidsn Railroad Com
pany and the Franklin and Pittsylvaris Railroad
compsny-snd suhj ject to sll other contracts fthe
Receiver in regard to said property, whether
made under order of tae Court or not, and will
assume sll his liabilities there 1der Should
the purchaser rot comply vita the terms Of
sale, there will be resale at his cost snd risk.
Terms: The terms upon which sud Commis~
sioner shall sell said property as Set forth in the
said dagree sre-cssh as to sum Of money
equal TO the principal and Interest of all oonds
secured by deeds OF trust OF said property or
any part thereof, except those secured by the
deed of trust of the defendant corporation, dated
on the lst of May, 1873, in which D Il. Miller.
Robert Garrett and John ". Burke are trustees,
and for further amount of cash equal TO the
pssi due interest on the debt secured By that
deed; as to 8 sum equal to the principal of the
tebt which has b5en heretofore sscertsined to be
due 1dsr said deed, on such credit as will mest
the amount of said debt at maturity. tsking
care that Us to such deferred pay ments proVi-
sion be made for The purchaser to 80 pay inter.
est on the purchase money in instaiments that
the interest so to be paid By him shall meet the
coupons for interest yet to fall due on said prin-
cipsl-as to residue of the purchase money
on q credit of one two and three years, with in
ierest from date of sale.
For the deferred payment ss sb0ved provided
the Commissioner shall take the Obligations Of the
purchaser and return them wjtnhis 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
VI the cash, which it ls herein provided shall
be required on the sale of said property, two
hundred thousand dollars $500 co., shall be
paid to the Com missioner within i've days after
SAID sale, and the residue shall be pail by the
purchaser upon the conf :matio IN of said sale in
sue manner as the Court IN the decree Of con.
frmstion may direct
JOHN s. BARBOUR.
oct l6-td Oommis;i >ner of Sale.
TNRUSTEES SALE OF LAND IN FAIR.
l. FAX OOUNTY-By vihu, of deed of
trust fro.u Theodore l. Chsse I'D being thereto
inquired py parties setu ed thereov the under
81. ned, trustee in said esd, will ofsr for sale at
public auctloo, in front of Cats tavern. in the
village of West End. and county OF Fairfax at
twelve o'clock m on SATU HDAY, the An
day of December, 1870 the TRACT OF LAND
conveyed to him in sad deed and described as
follows, viz: Beginning at a dead poplar stand.
ing on the .u.h SIDE of Dogue run, corLer of
Carpautsr's l,atent, now I'm. Vioietts; thence
79io " 80 poles to three marked white oak
ssplugs; thence 8. 25to W. 1t1l poles to a bick.
CRY and pile of ston,s; thence with the line vf
Dennis McOsrty Johnston n. 32io, W. lS7 poles
10 marked dogwood, corner to Eluah Comp
toms lot; thence with bis line n. $40 9, II poles
to stake on Uogue run; thence down the sew
ersl courses aud mesnders thareof TO the begin
oing, containing 81 ceres and g. poles.
Terms Of Sale: CASH.
FRANCIS L. SMITH,
oci30-w4w Trustee.