National Republican., 1888-06-04
AUCTION SIZES.
A UCTIoN SALE.
SALE oFTHE ALEXANDRIA CANAL PROP
ERTY.

by virtue, of and under the authority, Of a
decree rendered by the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Eastern District Of Yir-
ginia, dated on the Sth day of May, 1Sss In g
19aneery cause use entitled The aY GnltSd S STATES OIL
and Others, therein then and now pending,
the undersigned, commissioner appointed by
d TO ii nS Per e
at public. auction, in front, of the. Custom
House. Building, on st. Asaph, street, in the
sX e VA s. Z o 9S HSon 1ss on
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
thrty.eght or forty acres, more or less, situ-
ate in Alexandria County. Virginia, portions
plat Of part of the Mason Tract. so.called,
upon which the town of Rosslynn, Virginia, Is
situated, excepting from said tract about hve
' BY the the canal Company % o and others S; to the
United States by deed dated December is,
1886 recorded in Liber G, folio 1886, Land Rec
ords of Alexandria County, Virginia. for the
Part Of the said tract has been subdiyidcd
into about 105 lots, of which lots about forty
and and this M % sale is made subject to ali the. said
leases, be the same more or less The Prem
ises so to be sold as the first parcel include
also the canal, It's Deu Danks, Daslils, cuiNeTts,
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,
tine s add
used and occupied by the Alexandria Canal
Company as canal and for canal purposes,
lying and being IN the county & 9f AleXapdra, ;h h,
Diary line of the tract described above as par
Gel number and the north line of not number
as numbered on the plat and abstract OF
pany yknown as Caton's plat and abstract, filed
In said cause and marked, Exhibits j. r. e.,
Nos. and 2 all to be, sold as one parcel;
Wien 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 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.
bered on said Caton's plat and abstract as
privileges, and appurtenances thereto apper'
tanning, situate In Alexandria County, Virginia,
and containing together about twelve acres,
all to be sold US 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, will
the. appnrtenanees thereto, lying south and
number a, 10 the east side of the Basin be
ing the lots and squares numbered 10, 10, IL
10, =. 0, 10 in Caton's said plat, and situate In
stitute the fifth parcel, but to be, offered fol
sale separately as squares and parts OF
squares, with their appnrtenances; but II tht
be bid for and sold when offered separately
then these squares and parts of squares re
naming unsold will be offered as whole.
SIXTH PARCEL.
All of the canal, locks, banks, squares, and
parts of squares lying eastery OF parcel mum
Der to the Potomac River, said squares anc
parts of squares being numbered on Catont
said plat as IL IL 10 Slal6Ia "a and ~ Y
of said property to be sold as one parcel.
The sixth parcel is sold subject TO least
npon, a portion thereof from the AleXandrii
Shelly, dated May 10, 1886, and recorded u
Liber II, page $50, Land Records OF Alexandra
City.
TERMS OF SALE.
Onethird in cash; as to the residue Of the pur
chase money upon credit of six and twelv,
months from the day OF sale, In two equa
installments with interest thereon at six pc
cent, evidenced by the negotiable notes o
the purchasers, the title to be retained unde
the control of the court until full payment an'
compliance with all of the terms of sale, TIN
property to be subject to be resold In case o
default. Ten per cent. of the purchase none.
10 be paid at the time of the sale the remainde
Of the cash payment to be paid on the con
be let into possession until the full paymen
of the cash payment and the execution Of tn
notes for the deferred payments nor until tn
sale is confirmed and an order for possession
is entered; conveyancing to be at the ex
pense Of the purchasers, -
JOHN s. FOWLER,
Commissioner to Make Sale
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