Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-06
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Virginia Midland Railroad

| Virginia Midland Railroad
|FoRsALEATPU PUBLIC AUCTIoN
By virtue of ard in obedience to decree rem
dered by the Circui. Court for the city OF Alex
| andris in the chnnceIy csuse Of John =. Grshs :
VS. the Washington City, VirgiLls hldiaha ano
Great Southern Railroad Company and otnelS
l shall, in front of the Market Building, on koy
al street. in the city of Alexandria. IN the otate
| Of VIRGINS, nt twelve (l2) O'Clock n..
ON MONDAY, The TWENTIETH DAY
OF DECEMBER, 1850 -,
sell st public auction to the hlRhest plooeT, tne
ThsENTIRM LINE OF kAlLROADknoWn
| as the Washington City, Virginia Midland sna
Great Southern Railroad, lying between the city
of Aexsndria and the city Of DanViile. and fco N
the town Of Manassas, il the county OF frlnce
William, on The aforesaid msln line, 10 tne tcWn
of Harrisobhurg. in the county CT Rccklngnam'
together with all the branches thereof as tney
now exist with all appurtenances and equip
ments, rights privileges, tlauchlses, propeItles,
rosl and peTsonai, unC WORKS TO Inc Sslo rsilroao
ard branches respectively belonging. or IN any
wise appertsinins, including the roadway sno
tracks, rails and road bed, side tracks, bridges.
visduct trestles fer Gee, stations depols machine
shops and ali other buildings End sl'ucture',
docks and wharvea, sard and gravel DTS sna oe
rcsits OF msteriss and all other things belong
ing TO, or used or designed to be used, for OF IN
Jnnection with the sald railroad or branch rail-
roads respectively together with all locomotives
and tenders freight ard passenger cars and al
other cars and I'll ether rolling stock or equip
ment whatsoever. machinery, tools ana all ma
tefials Tor the use Of sald railroad or sny OF ls
branches and sll other personal properly there
unto belonging including all property and
things Whatsoever of shy such paturo or desc'lp,
tion as is above mentioned The said line OF
railway and brsnch;s extends total ditsncs OF
S46 miles.
The purchaser Of ssit road end property
above discribed will sfo be substituted to tna
rights sno assume the responsibiiies OF said de-
fendant company undera a contract between ssld
company and the Baltimore and Oalo Railroad
Company. dated on the Goth day OF August
1878 whereby the asid baltimore had Hhlo
hailroad Company iesses from SAID oeienosnt
tween Strssburg and Hsrrlsonb burg aud 30
much of said road as lies between said points
will be sold subject to ssid lease.
The said purchaser Will further take elad road
and other property subject to the contracts made
under ordeI Of the Circuit Court of the city OF
Alexandris uy the Receiver IN said suit with the
Charlottesville snd Rspidsn Railroad Com.
psby and the FfsEklin and Pttsy lvsnia Railroad
com pany-snd su c! to sll other contracts OF the
Receiver in regard 10 said property, Whather
made under order Of the Court OF Tot, and will
sssume ell his Liabilities thertu .dsr. Should
the purchaser rot comply wita the terms of
sale, there wi be resale 1t his cost and risk.
Terms: The ter as uoou which said Oommis~
sioner shall sell said property set forth Ia the
said degree sre--cash rs to cum OF m )ney
equsl TO the principal and Interest of sll bonds
secured by deeds Ci trust Oh said property or
sny part thereof except those secured by tho
deed Of trust Of the defendant corporation, dated
on the lss Of Nav, 1873 in which D Il. Miller
Robert Garret. and Junn ". Burke are trustees.
and for iufther amount Of cssh equal to the
cast dus interest or the debt secu-.d by that
deed; ss to 3 sum equal to the principal OF the
debt which hsa bson heretofore ascertalned to be
due ldsr said deed on such credit rs will meet
the amount of SAID deb. at msu'isy, taking
care that as to such deferred payments provl-
sion be m sde for ma purchaser to 80 psy inter-
est on tha purchase money IN instalm mants that
the interest 60 to be paid By him sh sill meet the
coupons for interest yet tU fall due on said prln-
cipal-ss to re:idue Of the purchase money
on credit Uf one, two and three yesrs, with in
Lerest from dste of ss!e.
For the deferred payment ss sb wed provided
the Commiaione. shslilske the Obligations OF the
purch sser and return them wtGh!s report of sile
when the Court will direct how tne psymen. OF
the same shall be secured by some satisfactory
lien on the promises sold
Of the cash, which it is herein provided shall
be r, q quired on the sale of ssii prouerty, two
hundred thousand dollars $500 100 shall be
psid to the Com mission az within five days after
said sale, snd the residue shall be ptil by the
pui c caser upon the confrmsti IN of said sale in
sucu manner IS the Court n tas decree OF con.
firm ston msy direct
JOHN s. BARBOUR,
rf Sen