Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-25
AUCTION SALES.
Virginia Midland Railroad
FORsALE PUBLIC AUCTION

FOR SALE AT P UBLIC AUCTION
BY virtue of ard in Obedience 10 decree rem
deied by the Circui: Court for the city OF Alex
andris IN the chsncsry cause Of John O. Graham
vs., the Washington City, Virginia Midland aud
shall in front of the Market Building on Roy.
Al street, 10 the city Of Alexandria in the State
of Virgins, st twelve l2) o'clock M.
ON MUNisAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY
OF DECEMBER. 1850
sell ct public auction to the highest bidder, the
following described property:
TheENTIRE LIN OF RAILROADknown
as the Washington City, Virginia hidlaud and
Gres. Southern Railroad, lying between the city
of alexandria and the city of Danvi!le. and from
the town of Manassas, in the county of Prince
Wilsm, on the aforesaid main line, to the town
of Esrrisor burg. in the county Of Rcokin ham,
together with all the branches thereof rs they
now exist with all appurtensnces and equip
meuts, rights, privileges, franchises, properties,
real and personal ana works to the said railroad
ard branches respectively belonging, or IN any
wise appettaning, including the roadway and
tracks. rails and road bed, side tracks, bridges,
Y.duct trestles, feE ces, stations depots, macbiDe
sho ops and all other buildings and t'ucture',
docks and wharves, sand and gravel pits and de-.
rosils OF materials and all other things belong
ing to, or ured or designed TO be used, for or in
Connection with the SAID railroad or branch rsil-
and tenders freight ard passenger cars and all
other cars and sill other rolling stock or equip
ment whatsoever. machinery, tools and all me-,
.eriss for the use Of said railroad or any of its
branches and all other personal property there
unto belonging. including all property aud
things what:o' yer of spy such nsture or descr'p,
iion as is above mentioned The said line of
railway snd branches extends & total distance OF
346 miles.
Tne pu u-chsser of said road and property
shove described will sleo be substituted to the
rights and assume the responsibilities of said de :
fendsnt company under contrsc: between ssld
company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
lompsny. dated on the 10Th day of August
1873 whereby the said Baltimore and Chic
Railroad Company lesses from said defendant
company Sd much Of the said ROAD as lies be-
tw5en Strssburg and hsrrisonburg and 80
much of said road as lies between said points
will b0 sold subject IT, said lease.
The said purchaser will further take sisd road
and other property subject to the contracts made
under orders Of the Circuit Court Of the city of
Ae1sndris by the Receiver IN sold salt with the
Chsrlottesvllla and Rspidan Rslrosd Com
psny aud the Frauk lin aud Pit.sylvsnis Railroad
company-and subject TO all otber contracts OF the
Receiver in regard to said property, whether
made under order OF the Court or rot, aid will
assume all his lsbi tiles there ader. Should
the purchaser rot comply with the terms OF
SALE there vii be resale at bis cost and risk.
I6r(nS: ln6 LertC6 u Don WHICH SalQ SOn mlSS
sioner shall sell said property ss set forth ia the
ssid dagree sre-cssh as to q sum of money
equal 10 the principal and Interest Of all bonds
secured by deeds OF trust said property or
any part thereof, except those secured by the
deed of trust of the d"fsndaut corporation, dated
os the lst of May, 1873 in which D H. Miller.
Robert Garrett and John W Burke are trustees.
and for q further amount of cash equal to the
rssi due interest on the debt secured by that
deed; 81 to q sum equal to the principal of the
debt which has b.en heretofore ascertsined to be
due ulder said deed on such credit as will meet
the amount of said debt at maturity, taking
care that as to such deferred payments provi-
zion be made for the purchaser to 80 pay inter-
est on the purchase money in instslments tnst
the interest 80 to be paid By him shall meet the
coucons for interest yet TO fall due said prin-
ciual-as to residue of the purchase money
on credit CT one, two and three years, with in.
ie.est from date of sale.
For the deferred payment as allowed provided
the Commissioner shall Iake the obligations of tn 9
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 cssh which it is b srein provided shall
be required on the sse Of ssit property, two
hundred thousand dollars $500 U00 shall be
paid to tho Commissioner within i've dsys after
sait sale, and the residue sksil be paid BY the
purchaser upon the confirmation of said sse In
such manner as the Court IN the decree Of con
trmation may direct
JOHN s. BARBOUR
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