Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-26
AUCTION SALES.
A UCTION SALE.
Sale Of tbG Alexandria Canal P.oBeriV

Sale Of The Alexandria Canal PlQBPrfT
BY virtue of snd under tho authority of a de
cree rendered by the Circuit Court Of the United
States for the Eastern District of Virginia. date
on tho Stb day of May, 1855. in a chancery cans,
entitled The United States of Amsrica vs.. TIE
Alexandria Canal Company and others therein
tGen and now pending, the undersigned com.
missioner appointed by said decree to make sale oil
tue property in the SAID decree described will ex.
pose Ior sale st public anciOD in front OF the Gus
ton mouse Binding. on st. Asaph street, in the
CITY OF Alexandria, Va. at - o'clock noon on
THURSDAY, THE7 II DAY OF JUNE, 1888.
al and singular the right, title and interest of
the Alexandria Canal Company in and to the ZEAL
estate by said decree ordered to be sold, to wit:
FIRST PARCEL.
lhst certain parcel Of ground containing thirty
eigEt or forty acres, more or less situated in Al
exandrla county, Virginia, portions of Sections
-, l, and OF Simms Carberrys plat of part Of
the Mason Tract, sc-called upon which tho town
of Rosslyn, Virginia, is situated. exceoting from
SAID tract about five and one-quartcr acres more
or less, gr inted by the Canal Company and othors
to the United States by deed dated December 8.
1856, recorded in Liber G, folio 436, Land Fec
ords OF Alexandria county, Virginia, foI tie ppr-
poRes of free bridge
Part of the said tract has been snbdio;Ic6 info
about loo lots, of which lots about foIty-two are
under leases rnnning to May 16, 965, and this
sale IS made Subject to all the said leases be the
same moro OR less. The premises so 10 be sold as
The first parcel include also the canal. lis bed.
banks basins, cuverts, and other works and i'm
proVcments running through said tract of land to
the southcrly boundary Of SAID tract all to be sold
as one parcel.
SECOND PARCEL.
rhn had cf tbo
basins locks. water ways cuvcrts, aonedncts,
bridges. tracts, pieces and parcels of land incud-
ing inc arches, masonry and improvements at
-Four Mile Kun owned and heretofore used aud
occupied by the Alcxandria Canal Company AS n
canal and FOR canal purposes, lying and being in
the county of Alexandria, Virginia, and stua;e
between the south boundary line of the trsct dc.
scribed above as parcel Number l AMI the north
line of lot number %, as numbered on tic plat
ana abstract OF the property of the Alexandria
canal Company known as Caton's plat and alb
stract filed In said cause and marked Exhibits j.
+: c., Nos. and =, all to be sold az one parcel.
When any portion of the premises embraced in
thls second parcel was conveyed to tho Canal
Company upon express condition that tho land
was te revert in case Of abandonment or non-use
Tor canal purposes tho same will be sold subject to
the conditions in the said deed or deeds contained
THIRD PARCEL.
Those trtaiu three parcels of land numbered
on said Caons plat and abstract as Numbers %
%, and u, with all the rights, title. privileges
and sppurtcnanccs thereto appertaining, situate
in Alexandria county, Virginia, and containing
together ab'ut twelve ac os all TO be sold as ono
parcel.
FOURTH PARCEL.
That certain lot, with the appurtcnanccs, mark
cd on said Caton's plat rs Number 30, situate in
Alexandria county, Virginia. lying between 15t
ID WnShinrtnn and onmhuc cfrootc hn ca,no In
be sold rs one parcel
FIFTH PARCEL.
All of the bed of the Alexandria Canal. the
banks, Sesing, lots squares and parts of los and
squares, and other real property belonging to the
Alexandria Canal Company with the appnrtcnan-
ces thereto lying south and east of lot Number 20,
described ss psrcel Number L. to tho east side of
the Basin. being the lots and squares numbered
10, is, II, 16, 8, o, 10 in Catons ssid plat. and
situate in the town of Alexandria, the said lots to
constitute the fifth parcel, bnt to be offer for
sale separately a' squares and parts Of squares,
with their appnricnauces; but if the whole or any
part of said fifth parcel stall not be bid for and
sold when offered separately, then these squares
aud parts OF sq7ares remaining unsoll shall be Of
fered as who'e
SIXTH PARCEL.
all Of the canal locks, banks squares, and parts
Of squares lying cas- erly of parcel Number 5, to
the Potomac River said squares and parts Of
squares being numbered on .t)nd said plat as /,
2, 3, i, 8, 6, i, u Is, Il, and 10, situate in
the city of Alexsndfia. Virginia all of said pro-
perty 10 be sold parcel
The sixth parcel il sold subject 10 a lease upon u
po gticn thereof from the Alcxandria Canal, Rail-
road snd Bridge Company, to c. 81. Shelly. dated
May 10, 1856, and record d in Libcr l., , page
$50 Land Records of Alexandria City.
TERMS OF SALE
ODc Third in c,sb; as to the residue OF the pur-
chase money upon credit OF SIX aud twelve
months FROM the eay of sale. in two equsl INSTALL
ments. with interest thereon at six per cent. cvi-
dencad by negotiable notes OF the purchasers,
the title to be r, tanned under tho control of the
court until full payment aud compliance with all
OF the terms OF SALE tho property to be subject to
be resold 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 oil
the confirmation of the sale. Tho purchaser
not TO be let into possession until the full
payment Of the cash payment and the
execution of the notes for the deferred pay
mcnts, nor until the sale is confirmed and an or
der for possession is entered; convcyancng to be
at the expense ofthe purchasers
JOHN S. FOWLER.
Commissioner TO Make Sale.