Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-23
AUCTION SALES.
By O'Neal & Lunt, AuctioneeFz.
-toMalISsIoNERS' SALE.

Pursuant to decree OF the Corporation
Court of the city Of Alexandra entered III INC
chancery cause Of the City Coancii ot -1 IT,
andria, plaintiff, against the virginia IRON ron
Shin Building COMPANY, defendants. We Will
as commissioners appointed for the purpose,
eynose for sale 10 the highest bidder III front
of the ROYAL street entrance Of the 'iiifaet
Building at II o'clock noon ca
WEDNESDAY,
the Sd day OF August, 1o92,
all tbc real estate and leasehold interests
possessed by the defendants. situate in the
civ of 4 alexandria, Virginia, aud described as
follows 10 wit:
First. A LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side Union street thirty ieet
north of Wilkes street and running thence
northwardly on Union stree. one hundred
and forty-six feet three and onc-hali inc1cs,
more or less. TO the line Of the property for
merly owned by Entwislc, now owned by
Irwin; thence castwardly, and parallel L"
Wilkes street into the Potomac river, returning
to the point of beginning. and running thence
eastwardIy with Swans line. ard parallel 10
Wilkes street one hundred and ninety feet !:
thence scu,hwardly parallel TO Union street
thirty feet to Wilkes street; thence eastward
Is on Wilkes street TO Potomac river; thence
northwardIy with said river TO second llne:
Second a LOT OF GROUND ard 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 ~ the river ana
on the north by a line as drawn from strand
street into the river. parallel to ana egullls-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV
ing front on Strand street and the river OF
4 inches
more or less.
Third. a LOT or GROUND situated at TIE
intersection OF Wolfe and Union streets. and
running thence northwardly with Union
street and binding thereon one hundred ana
seventy-eight feet to the centc. o! the square
be the same more or less: thence eastWa:dly
one hundred and seyenty-seven feet more or
less to Strand street; thence southward!y ana
binding on Strand street seTenty-seTcE feet
more or less to the line of q lot owned by
Josiah II. Davis thence with said Daviss 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 westwa1dly with Wolfe street
and binding thereon 10 the beginning.
Fourth. 4 LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side of Union street one hundred and
iifty-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 cast
with line parallel TO that street one nun
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 stra!Ght
line to the beginning. and all appu;tenances
whatsoever said TO the lot OF ground, build
ings and Improvements thereon, belonging or
in anywisc appertain;ns.
Fifth. A LOT OF GROUND lying TO the
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 70 the
east of Union street, extending thence into the
river returning then 10 the beginning. and
extending northwardly parallel 10 Union
street to the line of Tic Lot belonging to the
corporation of Alexandria, supposed TO be
thirty-scven feet i inches, be the same how
ever more or less: thence eastward? parallel
to the first line. and to Duke street into tie
river, with all rights ard apPu-tcnaEces iothe
same belonging. o.,.
Sixth. a LOT OF GROUND with BRICK
TENEMENT and Improvements thereon, he
ginning on Wolfe street ct It's intersection
with the east line Of tcn-icct alley sepaTat-
ing the lot from lot conveyed by Sarah
Kirk and William keyscr to Thomas Janney
and Thomas Preston, extending thence on
Wolfe streat so as TO include the whole front
of the said brick tenement. twcn:y-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 ard
parallcl TO Wolfe street to the said ten-icct
allcy then with the said alley to 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 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 rs Josiah II. Davis's ON
said street. supposed to he 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. Davis 5
northeast corner; thence west with the !inc
called Josiah II. 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 the lot former
" occupied by William Patterson thence
northwardly parallel to Wolfe street one hun
dred and one feet, more or less TO the north
cast corner of lot conveyed to the said Jo-
siab II. Davis BY Sarah Kirk and William
Kevscr land above described) by the aforc-
said deed, dated the sixth day OF March, \. ID.
1926: thence castwardly parallel TO Wolfe
street to Strand street, supposed 10 be sixty
five feet. be the same more or less ;ethence
south on Strand street one hundred and one
feet. more or less, to Wolfe street; thence
with Wolfe street west sixty-fivc feet, more or
less. to the beginning.
Ninth. A lot of ground known rs the .AG-
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 OF 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 L. Ag-
new in three separate parcels.
Tenth. A LOT OF GROUND beginning at
a point on Lee street formerly Water street,
seventy-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 ex-
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.
at the northeast corner OF Lee street (former-