Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-14
AUCTION SALES.
A UcTIoE SALE.
Sale Of The Alexandria Canal Property

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By virtue of and under tho authority of de-
| cree rendered by the Circuit Court OF the United
States for the Eastern District OF Virginia, dated
on the 9Th day Of May, 1885, in 81 chaucery cause
entitled The United States OF America vs. The
Alexandria Canal Company and others. therein
then and now pending, the undersigned, COM
missioner appointed by said decree to make sale of
inc property IL the SAID decree described will ex
pose for sale at public auction in front of the Gus
tom House Building, st. Asaph street, in the
city of Alexandria, W, at u O'Clock noon, on
THURSDAY, THE7 H DAY OF JUNE, 1888,
all snd singular the tight, 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 ferty acres. mere or less situated in AL
exandrla county, Virginia, PORTIONS of Sections
IL, l, and 6 of Simms CGrberry's plat of part of
| the Mason Tract, so-calct, upon which the town
of Rosslyn, Virginia, is situated, excepting from
said tract about five and one-quarter acres, more
| or less, or .nied by the anal Company and others
| to the United States by deed dated December 49,
1856, recorded in Liber G, foil 436, Land Rec
ords of Alexandria county, Virginia, for the pur
poses Of 4 free bridge
Part of the said tract has been subdiyided into
about 1O5 lots. of which lots about forty-two arc
| under leases running to May 16, 1865, and this
sale is made subject to all the said leases, be the
same more or less The premises so 10 bs sold as
the first parcel include also the canal, its bed,
banks, basins, culverts, and other works and i'm
provements running through said tract of land to
the southery boundary of saia tract, all to be sod
as one parcel.
SECOND PARCEL.
The bed of the Alexandria anal, its hanks,
basins, locks, water ways cnlvcrts, aqueducts,
bridges. tracts pieces aud parcels of land, includ
ing the arches, masonry and Improvements at
Four Mile Bun owned and heretofore used and
occupied by tho Alexandria Canal Company as a
canal and for canal purposes, lying and being in
the county Of Alexandria, Virginia, and situate
between tho south boundary liuc Of the tract de-
scribed above as parcel Number AMI the north
line of lot number 23, as numbered OH the plat
and abstract of tho property Of the Alexandria
Canal Company known Gs Cstons plat and abb
stract filed In said cause and marked Exhibits J.
z. c., Nos. 1 and ,, al to be sold az one parcel.
When any portion Of the premises embraced in
this second parcel swas conveyed to the Canal
Company upon express condition that the land
was to yevcrt in cise of abandonment non-usc
for canal purposes the same will be sold subject to
tho conditions in the said deed deeds contained.
THIRD PARCEL
Those certain three parcels oi land numbercd
on said Cations plat and abstrac: Numbers %,
%, and 81, with all the tights, title, privileges,
and appurtenancci thereto appertaning, situate
in hlexandria county, Virginia, and containing
together about twelve nc ts all to be sold as one
parcel
FOURTH PARCEL.
That certain lot, with the appuricnanccs, mark
ed 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 |
squares, and other real property belonging to the
Alexandria Canal Company, with the appurtenan
ces thereto lying south and eGst of lot Number 90
described as parcel Number 4, to the east side of
the Basin, being the lots and squares numbered
10, 18, IT, 16, 8, 9, 10 in Catons said plat and
situate in the town of Alexandris the said lots to
constitute the fifth parcel, but to be offered for
sale separately rs squares and parts Of squares,
with their appurtenances; but If the whole any
part of said fifth parcel shall not be bid for and
sold when offered separately, then these squares
and parts ofsquares remaining unsold shall be Of
fered as whole.
SIXTH PARCEL
Ali of the canal locks, banks, squares, and parts
Of squares lying easterly of parcel Number 5, to
tho Potomac River, said squares and parts of
squares being numbered on Catons said plat as /,
2, 3, 4, s, 6, 7, H. H. 13, a, and 15, situate in
tho city Of Alexandria, Virginia. all of said pro-
perty to be sold as one parcel.
Tho sixth parcel is sold subject to a lease upon a
portion thereof from the Alexandria Canal, Rail- |
road and Bridge Company, to c. M. Shelly. dated
May 10, 1856, and recorded in Libcr IT, page |
$50, Land Records of Alexandria City.
TERMS OF SALE.
One third 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 INSTALL
ments, with interest thereon at six per cent, evil
denced by 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 rcsod in case of default. Ten per cent. of the
purchase money to be paid at the time of the sale,
the remainder of the cash payment to be paid on !
the confirmation of the sale. The purchaser !
not to be let into possession until tho full
payment of the cash payment and the |
execution of the notes for the deferred pay
ments, nor until the sale is confirmed and an or
der for possession is entered; conveyancing to be
at the expense of the purchasers.
JOHN s. FOWLER.
Commissioner to Make Sale.
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