Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-01
AUCTION SALES.
Virginia Midland Railroad
poRsALE ATPUBLIC AUCTION

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Rv virtue of ard in Obedience to decree rem
darcd by the Circait Court for the city q Alex
sndris 10 the chsucsry cause OF JONI =. ulsnsd
Grast Southern Railroad Com psny and others
! shall, in front of the Market Building, on koy
= .,-aet in the city f A,exsDd,is. in the State
nf Virginia, at twelve (l2) o'clock m:
IN MONDAY. The fNEET IT. Eth DAf
oN OF DECRMBER, 1850
.ol, st pubic auction to the highest bidder, tne
followi,g described property:
Tbs bsESTIRN LIN K OF RAILROADknoWn
ss the Washington City, Virginia Midland and
Crest Southern Railroad, lying bstween the CITY
If Alexandria and the city OF UsUviile, snd fro %
the town of Manassas, in the county OF fflnce
Willism, on the aforesaid main li3e to tne town
Of Hsrriso1 burg in the county Of RtcSlngham
,oonther with all the branches thereof as they
now exist with all appurtenances and equip
ments, rights, privileges, franchises, p,ope1tss;
,asl and personal, ana works TO Inc sbld fallroao
std branches respectively oelonklhg, or IN aAy
wise appertaining, including the roadway sno
.rscks. rails and road bed, slce trscRs, oilcRes,
visduct. trestes fences. stations, depOts, machine
hops and ell other buildings and ,t'uc:ures,
docks and wbarves, sand and gravel pits and de-
nosits OF rnalerisls and all other things bolong
iug 10, or used OF designed to be used, tor or N
connection with the ssid railroad or branch rsls'
roads respectively together with Ill locomotive;
ard tenders. freight and passenger cars and sll
other CARS and ell other rolling stock or equip
mept " astsoever, machinery, tools and s'l ms
,e,isls fJr the use of sai1 rsiroad or any OF It's
branches and oil other personal property there
unto belonging including all properly ani
thiugs whatsoever Of any such nature or de;c'ip
ton 81 is above mentioned The said linz OF
railway snd branch ss extends 8 total distance OF
346 miles.
Tne rurchsaer of said road and property
above die .ibad will also be substituted to the
rights and assume the responsibilities ot ssld de
fendsnt company under cortrac. between SID
compsny aud the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, dated on the 10Th day CT s,uguss
1873 whereby the said baltimore aad hIc
hsilrosd Compsny leases f;om said defendant
company 80 much Of tho said road ss lies be.
twoen Strasburg and Harrisonburg and Sc
much of said road as lies between said points
will be sold subject to said lease.
The said purchaser will further take slad road
and other property subject to tha contracts ma1e
under orders of the Circuit Court OF the city o.
Ale1sndris ~ the Receiver IN said sui. with the
Charlottesville and R.pidsn Rs,lroad Com
many and the Frsns lin aud Pi.tsylvsuis Railroad
conpsny-snd gu Sect to sll other contracts ot the
Receiver in regard to said property, wha,he,
made under order of ths Court or not, and will
assume all his liabi lies thersu lder. Should
the purchaser TO. comply vita the terms o
sale. there wi be resale at bis cos! and risk
Ierme. Inc L5rljS U )Ou "QicQ sAu OOuWtS'
eioner shall sell said property as act forth in the
said degree ars-cssh as to sum OF IN >ney
equal to the principal aud Interest Of all oonda
secured BY deeds or trus. Oh said property OF
any part thereof, except those secured by ths
deed of trust of the drfeudaat rporation, dstsC
on the 1st of May, 1873 in which D h. Miller
Robert Garrett aud John " Burke are trustees
and for a further amount Of cash eq1sl TO tn
past due interest on the debt secured By the
Decd - to q sum eq1s to the pri9c:psl of tn
dsbt which hiss b sen heretofore sscertsned TO b;
due u 1dar sad deed 90 such G ed itpep9p hErsr
Sssvu Lus purchase money in instslments tas
the interest 30 to be pxid By him shs!l meet tht
coupons for interest yet to fall dus on said prin
ciDal-ss to residue of the purchas. money
on credit of one two and three years, with in
terest from dste of saie.
For The deferred payment 81 ab,ved proyidad
the Commissioner shall take the Obligations OF th'
purchaser aud return them witnhis report of ale
when the Court will direct how the pay msnt o
tue ssme shall be secured by some satisfactory
lien on the premises sold
Vi the cssh which it is hsrein provided shal
be required ON the sae Of said property, TWO
hundred thousand dollars $500 COO: shall b:
paid to tho Com missioner within Va days sfte!
said sale, and the residue shall bs psii by the
pure caasec upon the conf -msti IN of said sale 10
sucL manner rs Ihe Court IN tae decree OF c)n
frmstion may direct
JOHN s. BARBOUR.
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