Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-21

Court of the city OF Alexandria entered in the
chancery cause of the City Council OF Alex
andria. plaintiff. against the Virginia Iron
Shin Building Company, defendants, We Will
as commissioners appointed for the purpose,
expose for sale to the highest bidder III front
of the Royal street extrance OF the Market
Building at II o'clock noon On
WEDNESDAY,
the Sd day of August, 1882,
all the real estate and lcasehod interests
possessed by the defendants, situate IN the
city OF Alexandria, Virginia, aud described as
follows to wit:
! Filst. a LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side Union street thirty feet
north of Wilkes street and running thence
northwardly on Union street one hundred
and forty-six feet three and onc-half inches:
more or less, to the line of the property for
mery owned by Entwisie, now owned ny
Irwin: thence castwardly, and parallel to
Wilkes street iuto the Potomac river, returning
to the point OF beginning and 1nnning thence
eastward!y with Swans line, and parallel to
Wilkes street one hundred and ninety feet;
thence southwardty 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 calico the
Potomac Strand on the cast by the river, and
on the north by a line as drawn from Strand
street into tbs river, parallel to and equidis-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV
ing front on Strand street and the river oil
one hundred and scyenty-six feet seven i;iehcs'
more or less. %;
intersection OF Wolfe and Union streets, ana
running thence nurthwardly WIN Gh.oI
street and binding thereon one hundred anu
severty-c;cht feet to the center of the square.
be the same more or less thence cistwardly
one hundred and sevcnty-seven feet more OF
less to Strand street; thence southwardly ana
binding on Strand street seventy-seven feet
more or. less to the line of 4 lot owned 10y
Josiah II. Davis: thence with said DAVIS line
eighty-six feet more or less to ten feet al
ley; thence with said alley southwardly one
hundred and one fee. more or less TO Wolfe
street; thence westwardly with Wolfe street
and binding thereon TO the beginning.
Fourth 4 LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side of Union street one hundred ana
fifty-one feet seven inches to the south OF
Duke street, and running thence sonth with
Union street twenty-five feet, 10 the SANE
more or less. 10 the center Of the square form
ed by Duke and Wolfe street; thence cast
with line parallel TO that street one nun
dred and thirty-six feet to the lot of Robert
T. Hooe: thence with the line north the
length of the first line; thence with straight
line TO the beginning. and all appuitenanceS
whatsoever said to the lot of ground, build
ings and Improvements thereon, belonging or
in anywisc appcrtaining.
Fifth. A LOT OF GROUND lying TO the
eastward of Union street hctwcen Duke and
Wolfe streets being part OF lot designated IN
the plan of the town Of said Alexandra. No.
II. Beginning on south line thereof one
hundred and thirty-six feet one inch to the
east of Union street, extending thence into the
river, returning then TO the beginning, and
extending northwarGly parallel 10 Union
street to the line of the lot belonging to the
corporation of Alexandria, supposed TO be
thirty-seven feet inches, be the same how
ever, more or less; thence castwardiy parallel
to the first line, and TO Duke street into the
river, with all right; and appurtcnanccs to the
same belonging.
Sixth. A LOT OF GROUND with a BRICK
TENEMENT and improvements thereon. be-
ginning on Wolfe street at It's intersection
with the east line Of ten-fect alley scparat-
ing the lot from lot conveyed by Sarah
Kirk and William KeySer 10 Thomas janney
and Thomas Preston, extending thence on
Wolfe strcat 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 llnc and
parallel 10 Wolfe street to the SAID tcn-ieet
alley; then with the said alley 10 the begin
ming.
Seventh A LOT OF GROUND WITH M
PROyEMENTS thereon between Union and
Strand streets and to the north OF Wolfe
street. beginning on the cast side Of Il 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 as Josiah II. Daviss 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 10
the corner described as Josiah II. Davis's
northeast corner; thence west with the line
called Josiah H. Daviss 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 heIlot former
y occupied by William Patterson; thence
northwardly parallel olfc street one hun
dred and one feet, more or less, to the north
east corner of q lot conveyed to the SAID 'Jo-
siah H. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
Kcyser land above dcscribed) by the a1ore-
said deed, dated the sixth day OF March, a. ID.
1926: thence eastwardly parallel 10 Wolfe
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-ive feet, more or
less, to the beginning.
Ninth. A lot of ground known as 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 appcrtaining, 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 L. Ag-
new in three separate parcels.
Tenth. A LOT OF GROUND beginning at
point on Lee street formerly Water street,
scyenty-six feet five inches from the lnterscc-
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 ieet
to Lee street and also that portion of said lot
on the east side of Union street opposite to
the portion 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