Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-12
AUCTION SALES.
By oNeal & Lunt, Auchoncer.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.


Ship Building Company, defendants, we VIII
rs commissioners appointed for thc 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, 1o92,
all the real estate and lcasehold interests
possessed by the defendants, situate IN thc
city of Alexandria, Virginia, aud described us
follows; to wit:
First. 4 LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side Union street thirty leee
north Of Wilkes street ard running thelice
northwardly on Union street one nululcu
and forty-six feet three ana 0hc-nail ihcnes'
more or less. to the line of tine property LOT
rnerly owned by EntwiSlc, now owned Dy
Irwin: thence eastwardly, and parallel u
Wilkes street into the Potomac river, returning
IN In. no;n; of beginning. and running thence
castwardly with Swans line, and parallel TO
Wilkes street one hundred and ninety feet;
thence southwardly parallel TO Union street
thirty feet to Wilkes street; thence eastward
" on Wilkes street 10 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 equidls-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV.
ing front on Strand street and the river oil
one hundred and seventy 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
seycnty-cight feet to the center Of the square,
be the same more or less; thence castwardiy
one hundred and seventy-seven feet more or
| less to Strand street; thence southwardly and
binding on Strand street sevcnty-seven 1eet
more or less to the line of lot owned by
Josiah H. Davis thence with said Daylss 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 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
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 a line parallel to that street one hun
drcd and thirty-six feet to the lot of Robert
T. Hooc 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 anywisc appertaining.
Fifth. A LOT OF GROUND lying to the
eastward of Union street between Duke and
Wolfe streets, being part of a 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-sevcn 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 L0T OF GROUND with BRICK
| TENEMENT and improvements thereon, be-
ginning on Wolfe street at its intersection
| with the east line Of tcn-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-siH 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
parallcl to Wolfe street to the said ten-fcet
alley: then with the said alley to the begin
Seventh. A LOT OF GROUND WITH IN
| 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 cast parallel to Wolfe street the length
of the front described as josiah ID. Daylss on
said street, supposed TO be twenty-sl1 feet, be
the same more or less; thence south parallel
to said alley and Union street nineteen feet to
fine corner described as Josiah II. Davis'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
dred and one feet more or less to the north
east corner of lot conveyed to the said Jo-
siah II. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
Keyscr land above described) by the afore-
said deed, dated the sixth day of March, A. d.
1926; thence eastwardly parallel to Wolfe
street to Strand street, supposed to DO sixty
five feet be the same moro or less; thence
south on Strand street one hundred and one
feet. more or less, to Wolfe street; thence
with Wolfe street west sixtyfiye feet, moro or
less, to the beginning
Ninth. A lot of ground known as the GAG
NEW COAL WHARF AND FORAGE PROP
ERTY,Y 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 appurtenanccs
thereto belonging, the said real estate being
the same that was conveyed to John P. 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 eI-
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 CORNER
ly 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
To Gihhnn street THENCE in a straight limo to