Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-11
AUCTION SALES.
A UCTIoN SALE.
A UNTION SALE.
Sale Of The Alexandria Canal Property

By virtue of and under tho authority of de-
| cree rendered by tho Circuit Court of the United
STATE for the Eastern District of Virginia, dated
| on the S;h day of May 1883, in chanccry cause
entitled The United States of America vs.. The
Alexandria Canal Company and others therein
| then aud now pending, the undersigned, q COM
missioner appointed by said decreeto mako sale of
the property in the said decree described, will eX-
pose for sale at public auction, in front of the Gus
| tom House Building, on ST. Asaph street, in the
city of AlexanGria, Va, at - o'clock noon, on
| THURSDAY, THE7 II 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 he sold, to wit:
FIRST PARCEL.
That certain parcel of ground containing thirty
| eight rty acres mere or less, situated in AL
! cxandria county, Virginia, portions of Sect ons
| IL, l. and of Simms Carborrys plat of a part OF
| the Mason Tract sC-callod upon which the town
| of RosslyD, Virginia, is situated, excepting from
| said tract about FIVE and one-quarter acres more
or less er .nted by the Canal Company aud others
| To the United States by deed dated December IS.
| 1856 recorded in Libcr q. foil 436, Land Re-
crds of Alexandria county, Virginia, for the pur-
| poses of free bridge.
Part of the said tract has been subdivi1ed into
about l05 lots of which lots abont forty-two are
under leases running to May It, 1865, and this
sale is made subject to all the ssid leases, be the
same moro or less. The premises 10 be sod rs
| banks basins culvcrts, aud other works and i'm
| provements running through ssd tract of land To
the southerly boundary of said tract all to be sold
| as parcel.
SECOND PARCEL.
Tho bed of the Alexandria Canal, its banks
basins locks water ways, culverts, aqueducts,
bridges tracts, pieces, and parcels of land, inclu.-
lug the arches, masonry and Improvements at
Four Mile Run owned and heretofore used and
NJ nd nv hN lpyQ and riQ EOmDanV a
canal and for canal purposes, lying and being in
the county of Aexandris, Virginia, and situate
between the south boundary line Of tho tract do
scrbed above as parcel Number AMI tho north
line of lot number %, as numbered on the plat
and abstract of the property of the Alexandria
Canal Company known ss Cations plat and alb
stract filed IN said cause and marked Exhibits j.
T. G., Nos. ] and 9 all to BIO sold az one parcel.
When any portion of the premises embraced Ill
this second parcel twas conveyed to the Canal
Company upon express condition that the land
wa Ia revert in c4so of abandonment or non-use
for canal purposes the same will be sold subject to
the conditions in the said deed or deeds contaiped
THIRD PARCEL
Those rtain three parcels of land numbered
on said Caion's pat aud abstract rs Numbers %,
D. and 81. with all the rights, title, privileges,
and sppar tenancei thoreto appertaning, situate
in Alexandria county, Virginia, and containing
together about twelve &c es all to bo sold as one
parcel
FOURTH PARCEL.
That caitan lot, with the appurtenances. marx
ell on said atoms plat as Number 20, situate in
Alexandria county, Virginia, lying between 1st
ID, Washington aud olumbus streets, tho same to
DO sold as enc parcel.
FIFTH PARCEL.
All Of tho bed of the Alexandria Canal, the
banks, basins lots, squares and parts of lois and
squsrcs, and other real property belonging to the
Alexandria Canal Company, with the appurtenan-
ces Thereto lying south and east of lot Number ~
described IS reel Number 4, to tho east side of
tho .Pasin,' being the lots and squares numbered
| 10 1S. II. 16, g. g. 10 in Cations said plat, and
situate in the town of Alexandria, the said lots TO
constitute the fifth parcel, bnt to be offered Tor
sale separ ,tely a. squares and parts OF squares,
with their apaur. enau ces; but il the whoe or any
n,rt of said fifth parcel all not no bid for and
sold when offered separately, then these squares
and parts of squares remaining unsold shall be Of
! iercd whoe.
SIXTH PARCEL.
| All Of the canal, locks banks squares, and parts
Of SQUARES lying cas.erly of parcel Number D, 10
the Potomac River, said squares and parts OF
snusrcs being numbered OH Cston's said plat So l.,
y 3. 5, 6, T. IL, H. IS. IA, and Is, situate in
the city of Alexandria, Virginia, all of said pro-
perty to be sold as one parcel
Tho sixth parcel is sold subject to lease upon a
no rtion thereof from the Alexandria Canal, Rail
| road sud Bridge Company, TO u M Smelly. uateu
| NAV 10, 1856, and recorded in Liber II, page
$50, Land Records of Alexandria City.
TERMS OF SALE.
Ono third in cash; as to the residue of the pur-
chase money upon credit of six aud twelve
months from the Gay 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 DO ret lined under the control OF the
court until full payment aud compliance with al
OF the terms of salc the property to be subject to
be resold in case of default Ten per cent OF tue
purchase money to be paid at the time OF the e
the remainder of the cash payment to be paid On
tho conf rmation of the sale. The purchaser
not to he let into possession until the inll
n.ym.nt of tho cash payment and the
rytcntion of The notes for the deferred pay
ncnt,. nor until tho sale is confirmed and an OF
der Tor possession is entered; convey to De
st the expense of the purchasers.
90 JOHN S. FOWLER.
Commissioner to Make Sale.
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(,uAEI.Es KING s. SON are Wholesale agent: