National Republican., 1888-05-28
II UCTTON SALES.
A UCTloN SALE.
SALE OFTHE ALEXANDRIA CANAL PROP
ERTY,

SALE OF THE ALEXANDRIA CANAL PROP.
ERTY
by virtue of and under the authority of
decree rendered by the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia, @ated ON the sth day of May, 1883, In a
America vs.. The Alexandria Canal Company
and Others, therein then and now pending
the undersigned, Il 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
House building, on ST. Asaph street, in the
city Of Alexandria, Va, at !? o'clock noon, on
THURSDAY, TIE iTH 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 or less, stu
ate In Alexandria County, Virginia, portions
of Sections II, ], and . of Simms Carberry's
plat of a part of the Mason Tract. so.called,
upon which the town Of Rosslynn, Virginia, Is
situated, excepting from said tract about five
and one'quarer acres, more or less, granted
by the Canal Company and Others to the
1856, recorded in Liber 6, folio 43G, Land Rec
ords OF Alexandria County, Virginia. for the
purposes of free bridge;
Part Of the said tract has been subdiyided
into about l05 lots, of which lots about ,Ggty-
two are under leases running to May 10, 1866,
and this sal @ is made subject to all the said
leases, De tue same more or less. The prem
ises so to be. sold as the first parcel Include
also the canal, its bed, banks, basins, rulverts,
and other wor ks and ,improyementS running
through said tract CT land TO the southerly
boundary OF said tract, all to be sold as one
parcel.
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 ut -Four Mile Run owned and heretofore
used and occupied by the Alexandria Canal
lying and being in the county of Alexandria,
Virginia, and situate between the south boun-
dary line of the tract described above as par.
Gel number and the north line of lot number
y, 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. Il. C.,
Nos. and z, all to be sold as one parcel,
Wien aai;yy aiHy n6rtion of the premises embraced
In this second parcel 1'as 'tcc.;;rrered to The
Canal Company upon express condition that
the land wds to revert in case OF abandonment
he sold subject to the conditions In the said
deed on deeds contained.
THIRD PARCEL.
Those certain three parcels of land nun.
bered on said Cations plat and abstract as
privileges, and appurtenanoes 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 appurtenanoes,
marked ON said Caton's plat as number 20,
situate in Alexandria County, Virginia, lying
between list, 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
h..tl halo,
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 "Basn,n be.
Ing the lots and squares numbered 10, Is, Il,
IL, s, 0, 10 In Caton's said plat, and situate In
the town of Alexandria, the said lots TO CON
stitute the fifth parcel, but TO be, offered for
squares, with their appurtenances; but II the
whole or any part of said fifth parcel shall not
be bid for and sold when offered separately,
then these squares and parts of squares re
manning unsold will be offered as whole.
SIXTH PARCEL.
All of the canal, locks, banks, squares, and
parts of squares lying easterly OF parcel mum.
ber 5 to the Potomac River, said squares and
parts Of squares being numbered ON Caton,s
said plat as J. s9 IL n y i3,rraISia raI Snd d If
Of esIi said Prqpsss Sls ~ sSlS as onS parcel
Canal, Railroad and Bridge Company, to G. NJ,
Shelly, dated May 10, 1896, and recorded In
Liber II, page $50, Land Records of Alexandria
City.
TERMS OF SALE.
Onc.tlird in cash; as to the residue of the pur-
chase money upon a credit of SIX and twelve
months from the dag of sale in two equal
installments, with interest thereon at six per
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 10 be subject TO be resod 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
irmation of the sale The purchaser not to
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; cOnveyancing to be at the eX-
pensc Of the purchasers.
JOHN S. FOWLER,
Commissioner 10 Make Sale.
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