The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-20
NOTICE.

In pursuance of decree of the Circuit Court
of the United States, in and for the Fifth Cir
cult and the Western District OF the State at
Austin, bearing date the 2lst day. Of January,
A. ID. 1884, and made In certain cause 10
equity numbered 1888, wherein the Mercantile
Trust Company is complainant and the Austin
& Northwestern Railroad Company ct al. are
defendants, the undersigned, as master ap-
pointed in said cause for that purI ose, will,
between the hours Of II O'CLOCK p. m. on
Wednesday, the 2Sth day OF May, A. D., 1881,
sell at public auction TO the highest bidder,
before the door OF the. county court
house OF the county OF Travis, city OF Austin.
state OF Texas, upon the terms hereinafter
and singular, the ilroad of the said defendant,
the Austin g. Northwestern railroad com
pany now In operation, from its terminus In
the city Of Austin, Texas to the town Of Bur
net, in the CO mtg OF Burnett, Texas. and which
ACCORDING to the deed OF trust which was fore
closed by said decree, was to be constructed
tin, in the state OF Texas, nort6westerly
through the counties Of Travis, Williamson
Bu G, Lampasas, San saba, McCulIoch
ior to the Texas 4 ~ Pacific
railroad, at a place called Abilene, to
gether with branch from some point on the
main line to and through the counties OF Llan0,
Mason, MenaTd, COnchO and Tom Green to
the Texas u Pacific railroad in Howard county,
in all a distance OF about five hundred miles,
and all and singular It's tracks, superstruc-
lures, rails, sidings, turnouts, bridges, piers,
viaducts, culYerts, walls, fence-ways and
rights-of ways. depots,. station-houses engine
aOSSses repa freight sbous houses @acbns
depot grounds and lands provided iSesd
for or intended for sidings, all buildings, struc
ests, contract, schosen in action, easements and
privileges, whether now belonging TO or used
or procured or designed TO be used
Election With PSeP Se of said and ss
all the locomotives, tenders, passenger cars,
freight cars and other cars and all other roll
ing stock or equipments and all machinery
tools and implements, rails, chairs and spikes
and other materials whatsoever owned or
possessed by said defendant, for the uses or
purposes of or designed for use in connection
with or for the operation. maintenance or
reparatlon OF the line OF railroad In said deed
OF trust mentioned, or any part thereof; and
also, all and singular the rights, privileges and
esses or is entitled unto. and all the tolls and
together with, all and singular,
appurtenances OF the premises aforesaid, or
any of them, or any part thereof, and the
reversion. reyersions, remainder. remainders,
rents, issues and profits thereof, aud all the
estate, right title, interest, property, posses
sion, claim aud demand whatsoever, as well at
law as in equity of said defendant, Of, in and
to the same and every part and parcel thereof,
and all other property covered and included in
said deed of trust not herein specially ex-
cepted, provided til re is excepted from said
decree and from said sale land acquired by said
defendant by grant from the state OF Texas and
not necessary for or acquired for the operation
of its railway. A more specific description of
the property to be sold it Is not practicable Co
give in this notice, but an inventory Of all of
said property will be kept at the olice of the
undersigned in the city of Austin. Texas, sub
Ject to inspection by any and all persons who
may desire to examine it, and will also be sub
mitted at the time and place Of sale aforesaid
for the inspection OF any and all persons who
may then wish to examine it.
The terms OF said sale are as follows: Said
property will not be sold at said sale for less
sum than two hundred and ten thousand dol
lars i'll gold coin OF the United States. at the
time OF sale not less than twenty-five thousand
dollars OF the purchase money shall be paid in
gold coin the Uuited States, aud on the de-
livery OF the deed such further portion OF the
purchase money shall be paid as shall be nee
essary 10 pay and discharge all unpaid
taxes upon the mortgaged premises
and al claims, costs, fees. allowances,
c0mpen sation, commissions and amounts
provide d for in said decree, as we'll as all the
expenses OF said sale. A statement of the
amount of money required, for all of which
as nearly accurate as practicable, will be pre-
pared by the undersigned and annOuncedd and
submitted for inspection at said sale. For the
remainder OF the purchase money, except the
amounts required to be paid in cash, as afore-
said, any of the past due coupons and any of
the bonds secured by said deed of trust may
be received for such sum as the holder thereof
would be entitled to receive under the distri-
button directed In said dereee
ID. W. DOOM, Master, etc.
Austin, Texas, February g. 1884.