Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-06
AUCTION SALES.
By o'Neal & Lunt, AuctioneerS.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Ship Building Company, defendants, we VIII
rs commissioners appointed for the purpose,
expose for sale 10 the highest bidder IN front
of the Royal street entrance of the Market
Building at II o'clock noon on
WEDNESDAY,
the Sd day of August, 1872,
all the real estate and leasehold interests
possessed by the defendants, situate IN the
city of Alexandria, Virginia, and described as
follows; to wit:
First. A LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side Union street thirty ieet
north of Wilkes street and running thence
northwardy on Union street one hundred
and forty -six feet three and one-hali ihcnes,
more or less 10 the line Of the property lot
merlv owned by Entwislc, now owned by
Irwin: thence castwardly. and parallel to
Wilkes street into the Potomac river. returning
TO the point of beginning, and running thence
eastwardly with Swans line, and parallel 10
Wilkes street one hundred and ninety feet !;
thence southwardIy parallel to Union street
thirty feet to Wilkes street. thence eastward
" on Wilkes street to Potomac river; thence
northwardly with said river to second line
Second 4 LOT OF GROUND and WHARF
with the buildings and Improvements thereon
bounded on the south by Wolfe street. on the
west by Strand street. sometimes called the
Potomac Strand, on the east by the river, and
on the north by a line as drawn from Strand
street into the river, parallel to and cquldiS-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV
ing front on Strand street and the river oil
one hundred and scvcnty-siX feet seven inches,
more or less
Third. A LOT OF GROUND situated at the
intersection of Wolfe and Union streets, and
running thence northwardly with Union
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sevcnty-eight feet to the center Of the square.
be the same more or less; thence eastwardly
one hundred and seventy-seven feet more or
less to Strand street; thence southwardly and
binding on Strand street scventy-seven feet
more or less to the line of lot owned by
Josiah H. Davis thence with said DaviSs line
eighty-six feet more or less to ten feet al
ley; thence with said alley southwardly one
hundred and one feet more or less to Wolfe
street; thence wcstwardly with Wolfe street
and binding thereon to the beginning.
Fourth. A LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side of Union street one hundred and
ffty-one feet seven inches to the south OF
Duke street, and running thence south with
Union street twenty-five feet to the same,
more or less, to the center of the square form
ed by Duke and Wolfe street; thence east
with line parallel to that street one hun
dred and thrty-six feet to the lot of Robert
r. Hooe; thence with the line north the
length of the first line; thence with straight
line TO the beginning, and all appurtenances
whatsoever said to the lot of ground, build
ings and improvements thereon, belonging or
in anywise appertaining.
Fifth. a LOT OF GROUND lying to the
eastward of Union street between Duke ana
Wolfe streets, being part of lot designated in
the plan of the town of said Alexandria. No.
II. Beginning on south line thereof one
hundred and thiEty-Six feet one inch to the
east of Union street. extending thence into the
river. returning then to the beginning, and
extending northwardly parallel to Union
street TO the line of the lot belonging to the
corporation of Alexandria, supposed to be
thirty-seyen feet inches, be the same how
ever more or less !; thence eastwardly parallel
to the first line, and to Duke street into the
river, with all rights and appurtenanccs to the
same belonging. ,,,
Sixth. A LOT OF GROUND with BRICK
TENEMENT and improvements thereon, be-
ginning on Wolfe street at its intersection
with the east line Of ten-feet alley separat-
ing the lot from lot conveyed by Sarah
Kirk and William Keyser to Thomas Janney
and Thomas Preston, extending thence on
Wolfe streat so as to include the whole front
of the said brick tenement, twenty-siX feet
| thence north parallel to Union street twenty
two feet to another line of the said Janney
and Preston: thence west with that line and
| parallel to Wolfe street to the said ten-feet
alley: then with the said alley to the begin
| ming. -.,,,,,r,,
| PROVEMENTS thereon between Union and
Strand streets, and to the north of Wolfe
street, beginning on the east side of certain
alley running northwardly from Wolfe street;
thence north on said alley nineteen feet
thence east parallel to Wolfe street the length
of the front described rs Josiah ii. Davis's on
said street supposed to be twenty-six feet, be
the same more or less; thence south parallel
to said alley and Union street nineteen feet to
the corner described as Josiah II. Davlss
northeast corner thence west with the line
called Josiah II. Davis's line TO the beginning.
Eighth ONE OTHER LOT OF GROUND
WITH THE BUILDINGS and improvements
beginning on Wolfe street fifteen feet to the
west of the dwelling house on the lot former
" occupied by William Patterson; thence
northwardly parallel to Wolfe street one hum
bred and one feet, more or less to the north
cast corner of q lot conveyed to the SAID 10
siah II. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
Kcyser land above dcscribed) by the atorc-
said deed, dated the sixth day of March, A ID.
lDSICc CstSONdlOIs P0ANiASh W 'lOAtS
street to Strand street. supposed to be sixty
five feet. be the same more or less; thence
south on Strand street one hundred and one
feet. more or less to Wolfe street; thence
with Wolfe street west siXty-five feet, more or
less, to the beginning
Ninth. A lot of ground known rs the "AG-
NEW COAL WHARF AND FORAGE PROP
ERTY," bounded ON the east side by the Po-
tomac river, on the north by Wolfe street, on
the west by Union street and on the south by
the Green property" formerly known as
Hunters shipyard," together with all ways,
rights. privileges and easements thereto be-
longing or in any wise appertaining and all
buildings and structures thereon, and all the
machinery, engines, tools and appurtenances
thereto belonging, the said real estate being
the same that was conveyed to John I. Ag-
new in three separate parcels.
Tenth A LOT OF GROUND beginning at
n point on Lee street formerly Water street,
seyenty-six feet five inches from the intersec-
ton of Lee street with Gibbon street, and
running north on Lee street one hundred
feet: thence east three hundred feet to Union
street. thence south with Union street one
hundred feet; thence west three hundred feet
to Lee street; and also that portion OF SAID lot
ON the east side of Union street opposite to
the norton of said lot above described, 'front.'
ing on Union street one hundred feet and OK
tending with that width into the Potomac
river, together with all rights and privileges
to the said lot or any part thereof belonging
or in any wise appertaining.
Eleventh. a LOT OF GROUND beginning
at the northeast corner of Lee street former
" Water street, and Gibbon street and run
ming thence north on Lee street seventy-six
feet five inches; thence east parallel with
Gibbon street TO the channel of the Potomac
river; thence with the channel of said river