Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-28
Auction SALES.
By o'Neal & Lunt, Auctioneers.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Pursuant to decree of the Corporation
Court of the city of Alexandra entered IN Inc
chancery cause of the City Council OF Alex
sndria. 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 entrance of the Market
Building al II o'clock noon ON
WEDNESDAY,,
the Sd DAY of August, 1892,
all the real estate and lcnsehold interests
possessed by the defendants, situate in the
CITY of i lexandria. Virginia, ai!d described as
follows TO witt
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 fortv-six feet three and onc-half inches,
more or less. to the line Of the property for
merly owned by Entwisle now owned by
Irwin: thence oastwardly, and parallel to
Wilkes street into the Potomac river, returning
to the point OF beginning, and rnnning thence
eastwarlly with Swans line and parallel 10
Wilkes street one hundred and ninety iect;
thence southwarily parallel TO unioii street
thirty feet 10 Wilkes street: thence eastward
" OH Wilkes street 10 Potomac river; lhchcc
nOTlIMiIulN WIFI lINtl w 1SN'ii..
Second. < LOT OFGR0UND and WHARF
with the buildings and improvements thereon
bounded on the south By Wolfe street Oh 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 equidls-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV
Ing front on Strand street and the river OF
one hundred and scvcnty-sii 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
street and binding thereon one hundred and
seventy-cight feet TO the center OF the square,
he the same more or less; thence eastwardly
one hundred and scyenty-sevcn feet more or
less to Strand street; thence southwardly anu
binding on Strand street seventy-seven feet
more or less to the line of 4 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 southwardly one
hundred and one feet more or less TO Wolfe
street: thence wcstwardly with Wolfe street
and binding thereon to tie beginning
| Fourth. 4 LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side of Uni0il street one hundred and
fiftv-one feet seven inches 10 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 nun
dred and thirty-siX feet 20 the lot of Robert
T. Uooe: thence with the line north the
length of the first line; thence with straight
line to the beginning. and all appurtenanccs
whatsoever said TO the lot of ground. build
ings and improvements thereon, belonging or
in anywisc appcrtain!ng.
Fifth. 4 LOT OF GROUND lying to the
eastward of Union street between Duke and
Wolfe streets being part of lot designated III
the plan of the town Of said Alexandra, No.
~. Beginning OF south line thereof one
hundred and thirty-six feet one inch to the
east of Union street. extending thence into the
river. returning thcn 10 the beginning, and
extending northwardly parallel 10 Union
street to the line Of Tie lot belonging TO the
corporation of Alexandria, supposed 10 be
thirty-sevcn feet inches, be the same how
ever. more or less; thence castwardly 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 a BRICK
TENEMENT and improvements thereon, be-
ginning on Wolfe street at its intersection
with the cast line of tcn-fcct alley sepaIat-
ing the lot from Il lot conveyed by Sarah
Kirk and William Keyser 10 Thomas Janney
and Thomas Preston, extending thence on
Wolfe streat so as to include the whole front
of the said brick tenement, twcnty-six feet;
thence north parallel 10 Union street twenty
two feet TO another line Of the said .Ianncy
and Preston thence west with that line and
paIallcl 10 Wolfe street TO the said ten-fect
alley: then with the said alley to the begin
ming. -.
seventh. A LOT OF GROUND WITH M
PROyEAIENTS thereon between Union and
Strand streets, and to the north OF Wolfe
street. beginning on the east side of q 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-slx 1eet be
the same more or less; thence south parallel
to said alley and Union street nineteen feet TO
the corner described as Josiah III. Davls's
northeast corner; thence west with the line
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 10 Wolfe street one hun
drcd and one feet, more or less. to the north
east corner of lot conveyed TO the sand Jo-
siah II. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
Kevser (aud above described) by the a!ore-
said deed. dated the sixth day OF March A. ID.
1926: thence eastwardly parallel TO Wolle
street to Strand street supposed 10 DC Sixty
five feet, be the same more or less thence
south on Strand street one hundred ana 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 as the 'AG-
NEW COAL WHARF AND FORAGE IhOf-
ERTY," bounded on the east side by the 10
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 De-
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 Z. Ag-
new in three separate parcels.
Tenth. A LOT OF GROUND beginning at
= noint 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 cast three hundred feet to UElon
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 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 appertainlng.
Eleventh A LOT OF GROUND beginning
at the northeast corner of Lee street lfor1ner-