National Republican., 1888-05-18
4 UCTTON SALES.
A uCTIoN SALE.
SALE oFTIlE ALEXANDRIA CANAL PROP
ERTY,

SALE DFTllE ALEXANDRIA CANAL PROP
ERTY.
by virtue of and under the authority of
decree rendered by the Circuit Court ot the
ginia, dated on the sth day of May, ,1sss, in q
chancery cause entitled The United States of
America vs.. The Alexandria Canal Company
and Others, therein then and now pending
the undersigned, u commissioner appointed by
said decree to make sale of the property IN
the said decree described, will expose for sale
a. pnbblic, ,,,,il auction, in front OF the Custom ON
THURSDAY, THE 1TH DAY OF JUNE, 1898,
all and singular the right, title, and Interest
of the Alexandria Canal Company In and TO
the real estate by said decree ordered to be
sold, 10 wit
FIRST PARCEL.
That certain parcel of ground containing
thirty eight or forty acres, more or less, situ-
ate In Alexandria County, Virginia, portions
plat of a part of the Mason Tract. so.callsd,
upon which the town of Rosslynn, Virginia, is
situated, excepting from saaid tract about five
and one'quarter acres: more or less. granted
United states by deed dated December is.
1885, recorded in Liber &, folio 1876, Land Rec.
oraS of Alexandria County, Virginia, for the
purposes of free bridge.
Part Of the said tract has been subdivided
into about lO5 lots OF which lots about forty
two are under leases running TO May 10, 1865,
and this sale is made subject TO all the said
leases, be the same more or less. The prem
ises so TO be sold as the first parcel include
also the canal, its bed, banks, basins, culverts,
and other works and improvements running
through said tract of land to the sOutherly
boundary of said tract, all to be sold as one
SECOND PARCEL.
The bed of the Alexandria Canal, its banks.
basins, locks, waste ways, culverts, aqueducts,
bridges tracts pieces, and parcels of land,
including the arches, masonry and improve
ments at -Four Mi Run owned and heretofore
used and occupied by the Alexandria Canal
company as a canal and for canal purposes,
lying and being in the county Of Alexandria,
Virginia, and situate between the south boun'
Diary line OF the tract described above as par
eel number and the north line of lot number
% as numbered on the plat and abstract OF
the property of the Alexandria Canal Com
pany known as tntOn's plat and abstract, filed
IN said cause and marked Exhibits j. II, G.,
Nos, and =, all to be sold as one parcel
when any portion Of the premises embraced
In this second parcel was conveyed to the
canal Company upon express condition that
the land was to revert in case of abandonment
or non,uSe ior canal purposes, the same will
be- sold subject to the conditions in the said
deed or deeds contained.
THIRD PARCEL.
Those certain three parcels of land mum.
bcred ON said cations plat and abstract as
numbers %, -, and FL with all the rights, title,
privileges and appurtenanccs thereto apper.
tanning, situate IN Alexandria County, Virginia,
ana containing lbEttncf HDDUJ lWtlNe u'ltS,
all to be sold as one parcel.
FOURTH PARCEL,
That certain lot with the appurtenances.
marked ON said cations plat rs number 20,
situate in Alexandria county, Virginia, lying
between l-t. I'd, Washington. and Columbus
streets, the same TO he sold aS one parcel
FIFTH PARCEL.
MI oi the bed Of the Alexandria Canal the
banks, basins lots, squares, and parts of lots
and squares, and other real property belong
ing To the Alexandria Canal Company, with
the appurenanCes thereto, lying south and
east Of lot number 10, described as parcel
numberi TO the east side of the Basin be
ing the lots and squares numbered ~, lS, IL,
10, 3, 8, DIN taton's said plat, and situate in
the town of Alexandria, the said lots to con
sale separately as squares aud parts of
| squares with their appurtenances; butif the
whole or any part of said fifth parcel shall not
| he bid for ana sold when offered separately,
| then these squares and parts of squares 70
| naming unS0ld will be offered as a whole.
SIXTH PARCEL.
All of the canal, locks, banks. squares, and
| parts Of squares lying casterly of parcel mum.
! bcr 10 the Potomac River, said squares and
| part, of squares being numbered on Cations
said plat ~ J. = ., I, D. u, :, H. H. 3, II, and 5
situate in the city of Alexandria, Virginia, ali
of said property To be sold as one parcel,
The sixth parcel Is sold subject TO a lease
| upon u portion thereof from the Alexandria
| Canal, Railroad and Bridge Company, to &. VI
| shelly dated May H. 1886 and recorded IN
| libel II, page $50, Land Records of Alexandria
| City.
TERMS OF SALE.
One.tlht IN cash; as to the residue of the pur,
| chase money upon credit of six and twelve
! months from the day Of sale, In two equal
| insNilmentS, with Interest thereon at six pei
dcei'N evidenced by the negotiable notes OF
| the purchasers, the title to be retained under
| the control of the court until full payment aud
compliance with all of the term; Of sale, the
| default. Ten per cent. Of the purchase money
| tohe paid NJ the time Of the sale, the remainder
| of the cash payment 10 be paid ON the con
! iiGmatiOn Of The sale. The purchaser not IL
| be let into possession until the iull payment
! Of the cash payment and the execution Of the
| notes for the deferred payments, nor until the
! sale Is confirmed and an order for possession
| Is entered; conveyancng TO be ut the oX'
| pcnsc Of the purchasers
JOHN $. FOWLER,
| Commissioner TO Make Sale.
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