Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-15
RUapTIsbE NkEES.
Virginia Midland Railroad

FOR SALEAT PUBLIC Az CTlOF
By virtue of a. d 10 obedience to decree rem
dered BY the Circuit Court for the city CT Alex
andris In the chsncery cause Of John Z. Grsham
va, The Washington City. Virginia Midland and
Great Southern Railroad Company ana otners'
I shall, in front of the Market Building, OF Roy
al street, in the city f Alexandra IN the Stale
IN MONDAY, The TWENTIETH DAY
OF DECEMBER, 1850.
sell at public auction to the highest bidder, the
following described property:
Tho ENTIRE LIN II OF RAILROAD known
as the Washington City, Virgins Mldlsnd ana
of Alexsndris end the city OF Danvlle and from
the town of Manassas, in the county of Prince
William, on the aforesaid main line, to tina town
of Harrison burg. in the county II hCcS!Ignsm,
together with all the branches thereof as they
now exist with ell sppurtensnces and equip
ments. rights, privileges, franchises, properties,
real and personal, and works tc the said railroad
and branches respectively belonging, or In any
wise appertsining, including the roadway and
tracks, rsis ana road bed, side tracks, bridges
visduct trestles, fences stations. oeputs machine
shops and all o:her buildings and st'uctures,
docks and Whsrves sand aud gravel pits ana de
uosits OF materials snd all other thugs oelong
ing to- or used or teslgned to be used, Tor or IN
connection with the said rhltroad or Drancn rslI.
roads respectively, together with sll locomotives
ara tenders, lGtlRuL hEo paSceuSSi So'o oho GA
other cars and al other rolling stock or equip
men, whatsoever mschirerp, tools and al ma
leriss for the use of ssld rilroaG or any OF lis
| branches and all other personal property there
unto belonging inc, udlng sill properly sno
things whatsoever Of ally such nature or descrlp
ton az is above mentioned The Sid line OF
railway and branches extends q total distance OF
346 miles.
The purchaser of said road and property
above Gitcrioed will also be substituted TO the
II Q nFo n "a
fendsnt company under contract between said
comp ny and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, dated ON the Goth day of August
1878 whereby the said baltimore and ohio
RAILROAD Comp sny leases from said defend ant
company 81 much of the said road ss lies BE-
tween Strasburg and Hsrrisonburg and so
much of said road as lies between said points
will be sold subject to said lease.
The said purchaser will further take siad road
and other property subject to the contracts made
under orders O.! the Circuit Court OF the city OF
Alexsndris by the Receiver N said suit with the
Charlottesville and Rspidan Railroad Com.
psny and the Frsns lin aud PiItsy lVania Railroad
com pany-snd subjectto all other contracts Ut the
Receiver in regard to said property, whether
made under order of the Court lot, and will
assume all his liabi tiles hereunder. Should
the purchaser Lot comply with the terms of
sale there viii be resale ut bis cost and risk.
Terms: The terms upon which said Commits
sioner shall sell said property rs set forth IN the
SRlQ degree 6rG-C6sn Us W BULL VI
equal to the principal and Interest of all bonds
secured by deeds vi trust on said property or
any part thereof, except those secured BY the
deed of trust of the defendant corporation, dated
Oh the LIST of May, 1873, in which D. h. Miller,
Robert Garrett and John N. Burke are trustees.
and for further amount of cash equal to the
past due interest On the debt secured by thst
deed; "a to g sum equal TO the principal OF the
debt which has boen heretofore ascertained to be
due under said deed, on such credit as will meet
the amount of said debt at maturity, taking
care that as to such deferred pay meDts provi-
sion be made for The purchaser to 30 pay inter-
est on the purchase money in instruments that
the interest 30 to be paid by him shall meet the
coupons for interest yet to fall due on said prln-
cipsl-ss to residue of the purchase money
on credit Of one. two and three years, with In
rest from date of sale.
For the deferred payment as allowed provided
the Commissioner stslltake the obligations OF the
purchaser and return them witbhIs report OF ssle.
when the Court will direct how the payment OF
the same shall be secured by some satisfactory
lien on the premises soid
Of the cash. which it is herein provided shall
be required on the sale of said property two
hundred thousand dollar. $500 100 shall BE-
paid to the Commissioner within five days after
said SALE aud the residue shall be paid by the
purchaser upon the confirmation of said sale in
suca manner as The Court IN the decree OF con
hrmat!on may direct
JOHN s. BARBOUR.
oct l6-td Commissioned of Sale.