Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-21
AUCTION SALES.
A UcTIoN SALE.
Sale Of The Alexandria Canal PROPERTY.


BY virtue OF and under the authority of de.
cree rendered by the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Eastern District of Virginia dated
on the Sth daT of May, 1883, in chaucery cause
entltle1 Ihe United States of America vs. The
Alexandria Canal Company and others therein
tnen ana now pending, the undersigned, COM
missioner sppolnted by said decree to make sale of
the property i'll 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 Alexandria, Va, at - o'clock noon, on
THURSDAY, THE Z III 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.
Ihst certain parcel of ground containing thirty
eight or forty acres, more or less situated in AZ
exandria county, Virginia, portions of Sections
IL, L, and of Simms Carberry's plat of a mart of
the Mason Tract, so-cailed, upoa which the town
OF Rosslyn, Virginia, is situated, excepting from
said tract about five and one-quarter acres more
or less, granted by the Canal Company and others
to the United States by deed dated December IS
1886, recorded in Libcr G, folio 436, Land Rec
ords of Alexandria county, Virginia, for The pur-
poHes of free bridge
Part of the said tract has been subdvided into
about % lots, of which lots about forty-two are
under leases running to May 16, 1865, and this
sale is made subject to sll the said lesses, be the
same more or less. The premises so 10 be 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 southerly boundary OF said tract all to be sold
as one parcel.
SECOND PARCEL.
The bed Of the Alexandria Canal, its banks.
basins, locss, water ways, culverts, aqueducts
bridges tracts, pieces, and parcels of land includ
ing the arches, masonry and improvements at
PM,
occupied by the Alexandria Canal Company as
canal and for canal purposes lying and being in
the county Of Alexandria, Virginia, aud situa c
between the south boundary line Of the tract de.
scribed above Ms parcel Number ! ami the north
line OF lot number %, as numbered on the plat
ard abstract of the property Of the Alexandra
Canal Company known as Caton's plat and alb |
stract filed IN said cause aud marked Exhibits J. |
f. G., Nos ] and =, all to be sold az one parcel.
When any portion Of the premises embraced in
this second parcel was conveyed to the Cana!
Company upon express condition thst the land
was to revert in clsc o; abandonment or non-use
for canal purposes the will be sold subject to
the conditions III the said deed or deeds contained
THIRD PARCEL
Those certain three parcels of land numbered
on said Cation plat aud abstract as Numbers %,
~, and 21, with all the rights, title, privileges
and appurtnnanccS thereto appcrtainng situate
in Alexandria county, Virginia, and containing
together about twelve acres all TO be sold Ss one
parcel.
FOURTH PARCEL.
That certain lot, with the appu1tonances, mark
Alexandria county, Virginia, lying between let,
I'd, Washington and columbus streets, the same to
be sold as ne parcel
FIFTH PARCEL.
All OF the bed of the Alexandria Canal, the
banks, SesinG, lots, squares, and parts of lots and
squares, and other real property belonging to the
Alexandria Canal Company, with the appurtenan
ces thereto lying south and east of lot Number 20,
described So parcel Number d to tho east side of
the "Rasin.' being the lots and squares numbered
10, 1S, II, 16, 8, Q, 10 in Cations said plat, and
situate in the town of Alexandria, the said lots to
constitute tho fifth parcel, but to be offered for
sale separately q, squares and parts of squares,
with their sppurtenances; but if 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 remaining unsold shall be Of
fered as whole
SIXTH PARCEL.
All of the canal, locks, banks, squares and parts
OF squares lying eassery of parcel Number 5, to
the Potomac River, said squares and parts of
squares being numbered on Caton's said plat as 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, g, Z, IL, u, 13 ID and 49, situate in
the city of Alexandria, Virginia, all Of said pro-
perty to be sold az one parcel.
The sixth parcel is sold subject to a lease upon
portion thereof from the Alexandria Canal, Rail-
road and Bridge Company, to c. M. Shelly. dated
May 10, 1856, and recorded in Libcr II, 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 resold in case of default. Ten per cent. Of the
purchase money to be paid at the time of the saie
the remainder of the cash payment to bo paid on
tho confirmation of tho sale. The purchaser
payment CT the cash payment and tho
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.