National Republican., 1888-05-25
/fUCTTOy SIZES.
4 UCTloN SALE,
SALE oFTHE 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 Nir-
gina, dated ON the Sthday of May, lsSs, In y
Chancery cause entitled The United states of
America vs.. The Alexandria Canal Company
and Others, therein then and now pending,
the undersigned, commissioner appointed by
said decree to make, sale Of the property IN
the said decree described, will expose for sale
az public auction, In front of the Custom
House Building, on 81. Asaph street, In the
city of Alexandria, Va, at l2u'Clo1k noon, on
THURSDAY. THE I'M DAY OF JUNE, 1898,
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
thirtycght or forty acres, more or less, stu.
ate IN Alexandria County, Virginia, portions
of Sections II, + and q of Simms Carberry,s
plat Of a part of the Mason Tract, SO.eallea,
upon which the town of Rosslynn, Virginia, Is
situated, excepting from said tract about five
and unc'Quarter acres, more or less, granted
by the Canal Company and others to the
1886 recorded in Liber q, folio 1876, Land Rec.
ords OF Alexandria County, Virginia, for the
purposes of a free bridge.
Part of the said tract has been subdiviued
into about lO5 lots, OF which lots about forty
two are under leases running TO May 49, 1868,
and this sale is made subject. to all the said
leases, he the same more OF less. The prem
iscs so to be sold as the first parcel include
also the canal, its bed, banks basins, cuverts,
and other works and improvements running
through said tract of land TO the soutlerly
boundary of said tract. all to be sold as one
' SECOND PARCEL.
The bed of the Alexandria Canal, its banks.
basins, locks, waste ways, culvets, ,aqueductS,
bridges, tracts pieces, and parcels of land,
including the arches, masonry, and improve
ments at -Four Mile ltun owned and heretofore
used and occupied by the. Alexandria Canal
Company as a canal and for canal purposes,
lying and being in the county OF Alexandria,
Virginia, and situate between the south boun-
dary line of the tract described above as par.
eel number / and the north line of lot number
90. as numbered on the plat and abstract of
the property of the Alexandria Canal Com.
pany known as Cations plat and abstract, iiled
In said cause and marked Exhibits j. X. e.,
Nos. and >, all to be. sold as one parcel
when any portion of the premises embraced
In this second parcel was conveyed to the
Canal Company upon express condition That
the land was to revert In case of abandonment
or non.use for canal purposes, the same VIII
be sold subject to the conditions in the said
deed or deeds contained.
THIRD PARCEL.
Those certain three parcels of land mum.
berCd on said Caton's plat and abstract as
numbers %, ~, and 81 with all the rights, title,
privileges, and appurtenances 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 appurtenances,
marked 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
banks, basins, lots, squares, and parts of lots
and squares, and other real property belong
ing to the Alexandria Canal Company, with
the. appurtenances thereto, lying south and
east of lot number 20, described as parcel
number H. to the cast side of the Basin" be
ing the lots and squares numbered ~, Is, II,
IL, 8, 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 r. appartenanees; % bit Il the he
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
naming unsold will be offered as a whole.
SIXTH PARCEL.
All of the canal locks, banks, squares, and
parts of squares lying easterly. of parcel mum.
Der TO the Potomac River, said squares and
parts Of squares being numbered on Caton's
Situate in the city Of AieXandria, Virginia, ali
of said property to, be sold as one parcel.
upon a portion thereof from the Alexandria
| Canal, Railroad and Bridge Company, TO G. NJ.
| Shelly, dated May 10, 1886, aud recorded In
Liber 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
| nstallments, 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 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 on the con
l tirmation of the sale. The purchaser not tc
| be let into possession until the FULL 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
| JOIIN 8 FOWLER