Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-19

Pursuant to a decree Of the Corporation
Court of the city of Alexandra entered IN inc
chancery cause OF the City Council OF Alex
andria, plaintiff, against the Virginia Iron i,
Ship Building Company, defendants, we VIII
as commissioners appointed Tor the purpose.
expose for sale to the highest bidder in front
of the ROYAL street entrance of ;hc market
Building AT II o'clock noon on
WEDNESDAY,
the Sd day of August. 1872,
all the real estate and lc2schold 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 feet
north of Wilkes street and running thence
northwardly on Union street one hundred
and forty-six feet three and one-half inches.
more or less, to the line of the property for
merly owned by Entwisle now owned by
Irwin; thence castwardly, and parallel 10
Wilkes street into the Potomac river, returning
to the point of beginning, and running thence
eastwardly with Swans line, and parallel to
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 line rs drawn from Strand
street into the river, parallel to and cquidis-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV
ing a front on Strand street and the river OF
! one hundred and seveuty-siX feet seven inches.
more or less
Third. A LOT OF GROUND situated ii the
intersection of Wolfe and Union streets, and
running thence northwardly with Union
street and binding thereon one hundred ana
seventy eight feet TO the center OF the square,
| be the same more or less thence eastwardly
one hundred and seventy-sevcn feet more or
| less to Strand street. thence southwardiy and
| binding on Strand street scvcnty-seveh 1ect
more or less to the line of a lot owned by
| Josiah II. Davis: thence with said Davis's line
| eighty six feet more or less to ten feet al
| ley thence with said alley southwardiy one
| hundred and one feet more or less to wolfe
street thence westwardly 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
| fifty-one feet seven inches TO the south OF
Duke street and running thence south with
| Union street twenty-five feet, 10 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
| bred 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 appultenanccs
whatsoever said to the lot OF ground, Dulld-
ings and improvements thereon, belonging or
in anywise appertaining.
|lTnT on 4. lt-Inn N 10
eastward of Union street between Duke and
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 thirty-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-scven feet inches, be the same how
ever, more or less: thence eastwardiy parallel
to the first line and to Duke street INTO TIE
river with all rights and aplurtenances tothc
same belonging. 49,.
Sixth. A LOT OF GROUND with BRICK
TENEMENT and Improvements thereon, be-
ginning on Wolfe street at Its intersection
with the east line of Il ten-ieet alley selirat-
ing the lot from lot conveyed by Sarah
Kirk and William Keyser TO Thomas Janney
and Thomas Preston, extending thence or
Wolfe streat so as to include the whole front
of the said brick tenement, twenty-slx 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
narallel to Wolfe street to the said ten-fcct
alley; then with the said alley to the begin
ming. ,,.,.,,., -,
| PROyEMENTS thereon between Union and
Strand streets, and to the north OF Wolfe
street. beginning on the east side of 4 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 III. Davis's on
said street. supposed TO be twcnty-siX icet be
the same more or less; thence south parallel
to said alley and Union street nineteen 1eet TO
the corner described as Josiah III. Davls's
northeast corner; thence west with the line
called Josiah H 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
I dred and one feet, more or less, TO the north
| east corner of a lot conveyed to the said Jo-
| siah H. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
I Keyser land above described) by the aforc-
| said decd, dated the sixth day of March, A. d.
1926; thence eastwardly parallel to 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-five feet, more or
less, to the beginning.
l.. o,ro,,,,1 1-pnt1-D a = tbp 50 C.
NEW COAL WHARF AND FORAGE PROP
ERTY,n bounded on the cast 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 Z. Ag-.
new in three separate parcels.
Tenth. A LOT OF GROUND beginning at
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 portion of said lot above described, front
ing on Union street one hundred feet and cx-
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