National Republican., 1888-05-14
4 UCTION SAFES.
A UCTION SALE.
SALE oFTnE ALEXANDRIA CANAL PROP
ERTY.

ERTG.
By virtue Of and under the authority Of II
decree rendered by the Circuit Court OF the
United States for the Eastern District of Nir-
chancery cause entitled The United States Of
America vs.. The Alexandria Canal Company
and Others, therein then and now pending,
the undersigned commissioner appointed by
said decree TO make sale of the property In
The said decree described, will expose for sale
at public auction, IN front, Of the Custom
city of Alexandria, va. al i!o'clock noon, ON
THURSDAY, TIE TTI DAY OF JUNE, 1888
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, TO wit
FIRST PARCEL.
That certain parcel of ground containing
thirty'eight or forty acres more more or less stu
of Sections II, J. and of Slmms Carberry''s
plat of = part of the Mason Tract, .so.callcd,
situated, excepting from said tract about five
and unequaIter acres, more or less, granted
by the Canal Company and others to the
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urds of Alexandria County, Virginia, for the
purposes of u free bridge,
Part of the said tract has been subdividcd
into about 1Oj lots, of which lots about forty.
two are under leases running to May IL, 1865,
and this sale Is made subject to all the said
leases, be the same more Or less, The prem.
also the canal, its bed banks, basins, culverts,
and other works and improvements running
through said tract of land TO the .southcrly
boundary of said tract all to be sold as one
SECOND PARCEL.
The he'd 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
msnts at -Four Mile Run owned and heretofore
used and occupied by the Alexandria Canal
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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 Caton's plat and abstract filed
IN said cause and marked Exhibits j. II. c.,
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.usc for 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 Caton's plat and abstract as
numbers %, -, and 81, with all the rights, title,
privileges, and appultenanGes thereto apper'
tanning, situate In Alexandria County, Virginia,
and containing together about twelve acres,
all TO be sold as one parcel.
FOURTH PARCEL.
That certain lot with the appurtenances,
marked on said Caton's plat as number 20,
situate In Alexandria County Virginia, lying
between 1st, I'd, Washington, and Columbus
streets, the same to be sold as one parcel.
FIFTH PARCEL.
All of 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 appurtenances thereto, lying south and
east Of lot number 20, described as parcel
number 4, to the east side of the Basin, be.
ing the lots and squares. numbered ~ IS, Y,
~, s. 0, 10 IN Catons said plat and situate In
the town of Alexandria, the said lots to con
stitute the fifth parcel, but to be, offered for
sale separately as squares and parts OF
squares, with their appnrtenances but II the
whole OF any part of said fifth parcel shall not
be bid for and sold when offered separately,
then these squares, and parts OF squares re
naming unsold will be offered as a whole.
SIXTH PARCEL.
All of the canal locks, banks, squares, and
parts OF squares lying easterly of parcel mum.
Der . TO the Potomac River, said squares and
said plat as la, 3, T. 3, o. H. Y, 13, II, and 70
situate in the city of Alexandria, Virginia, all
of said property to be sold as one parcel. ,, .
The sixth parcel Is sold subject to lease
nron a portion thereof from the Alexandra
Canal, Railroad and Bridge Company, to c. NJ
shelly, dated May 10, 1856, and recorded IN
Liber IL page $50 Land Records OF AleXandria
TERMS OF SALE.
One.thrd in cash. as to the residue of the pur
chase money upon a credit of six and twelve
y months from tne day of sale, in two equa
cent, evidenced by the negotiable notes OF
the purchasers, the title TO be retained under
the control of the court until full payment and
compliance with all of the terms of sale, the
property to be subject TO be resold In case OF
default. Ten per cent. of the purchase money
tobe paid at the time of the sale, the remainder
of the cash payment to be paid on the con
fITnatiOn of the sale. The purchaser not Il
be let into possession until the full payment
of the cash payment and the execution of the
sale is confirmed and an order for nossessio,
Is entered; conveyancng to be at the eX
rcnsc Of the purchasers.
JOHN S. FOWLER.
Commissioner to Make Sale.
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