Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-10
Virginia Midland Railroad
FOR sALEAT PUBLIC AUCTION

FOR S 4 l. E A u Il u A u CTlUN
By virtue of ard in obedience TO decree rem
dered by the Circuit OJurt for the city Of Alex
andria in the cbsbcery cause Of John =. Graham
VS.. ,he Washington City, Virginia Midland and
Great Southern Railroad Company and others,
shall, in front of the Market Building OF Roy
81 street. in the city # Alexandria ID the State
Of Virginia, at twelve (l2) o'clock NJ.
ON MONDAY, The TWENTIETH DAY
OF DEUEMBER, 1850
sell st public auction to the highest bidder, the
following described property:
rs the Washington City, Virginia Midland and
Great Southern Railroad lying between the city
OF alexandria and the city of UsnVile. and from
the town Of MANASSAS in the county of Prince
WiiliaDi, on the aforesaid main line, to the town
of Harrison burg. in the county of Rockingham,
together With all the branches thereof as they
now exist with all appurtensnces and equip
meuts, rights, privileges, franchises, properties,
real and personal and works 10 the said railroad
sid branches respectively belonging, or IN any
wise appertsining, including the roadway and
tracks rails ana road bed, side tracks, BRIDGES
vaduct trestles, fences, stations. depos, machine
shops and all other buildings end itrucLure3,
docks and wbarVes, sand and gravel pits and de
posits or materials and all other things belong
ing TO, or used or designed to BIZ used for or IN
Connection with the Said railroad or branch rail-
roads respectively. together with slt locomotives
other cars and oil other rolling stock or equip
ment W naLsCever, machinery, tools and all ma
terials for the use Of said railroad or any of its
branches and all other personal property there
unto belonging, including all property and
things whatsoever of sDy such nature or de.crlp
ton as is above mentioned. The ssid line Ut
railway and branches extends q total distance Of
S46 nlles.
The purchaser of said road and property
above discfloed will also be substituted to the
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teud0nt company under contrac. between said
comp:ny aud the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, dated on the 10Th day Ct August,
1873 whereby the said Baltimore and ohio
Railroad Company lesses from said defendant
company 81 much of the said road as lies be.
tWsen Strasburg and Hsrrisonburg and 30
uuch of said road as lies between said points
will be sold subject to said lease.
The ssid purchaser will further take eisd road
and other property subject to the contracts made
under orders OF the Circuit Court OF the city OF
alexandria hy the Receiver IN said suit with the
Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad Com.
parry and the franklin and Pittsylvanis Railroad
conpany-shd hject to all other contracts of the
Receiver in regard to said property, whether
made under order of the Court or lot, and will
assume sll his liabilities hereunder. Should
the purchaser rot comply with the terms of
sale there will be resale st his coat and risk
Terms: The terms upon which said Com miss
soBer shall sell said property as set forth IN the
said degree Rra-cash rs to q sum of money
equal TO the principal and interest of all bonds
secured by deeds OF trust on said property or
Buy part thereof, except those secured by the
deed of trust of the defendant porntion, dated
or tho let Of May, 1873. in which d. II. 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; rs TO q sum equal to the principal of the
debt which has zen heretofore sscertained to be
due under said deed, on such credit as will NEST
the amount of SAID debt at maturity, taking
care that IS to such deferred payments provi-
zion be made for the purchaser to 80 pay inter-
EFT on the purchase money in lnstalments that
the interest go to be paid by him shall meet the
coupons for interest yet to fall due on said prin-
cipal-as to residue of the purchase money
on credit CT one, two and three years, with in
terest from dste of sale.
For The deferred payment, as allowed provided
the Com missioner shall take the obligations Of the
purchaser al return them Widths report of sale,
when the Court will direct how the payment of
the same shall be secured by some satisfactory
lien on the premises so.d
Oftbe cssh, which it is herein provided shall
be required on the sale Of said property, two
hundred thousand dollars (S200 L00 shall be |
paid to tho Com missioner within five days after |
said sale, aud the residue shs be paid by tho |
purchaser upon the confirmation of said sale in |
such manner as the Court n the decree of con
ftmation Esy direct
JOHN s. BARBOUR,
nia>i rffS SOL