Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-02
AUCTION SALES.
BY O'Ncal s. Lunt, Auctioncer.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.


Pursuant 10 decree of the Corporation
Court of the city of Alexandria entered IN the
chancery cause of the City Council of Alex
andria, plaintiff. against the Virginia Iron
Ship Building Company, defendants, we will
rs 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 lcasehold 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 leet
north of Wilkes street and running thchce
northwardly on Union street one hundred
and forty-six feet three and one-hail incnes'
more c. less. to the line Of the property i9r-
merly owned by Entwisle, now owned by
Irwin; thence eastwardiy, and parallel TO
Wilkesstrcet into the Potomac river, returning
TO the point OF beginning, and running thence
eastwardly with Swans line, and parallel 10
Wilkes street one hundred and ninety feet
thence southwardIy parallel TO Union street
thirty feet to Wilkes street thence eastward
" o.. Wilkes street to Potomac river; thence
nortl,vardly 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 cast by the RIVER, and
on the north by q line as drawn from Strand
street into the river, parallel to ana equidlS-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV
ing front on Strand street and the river OF
L. foo sDy-nl 1ph
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-eight feet to the center of the square,
he the same more or less; thence eastwardly
one hundred and seventy-seyen feet more or
less TO Strand street; thence southwardly and
binding on Strand street sevcnty-seven feet
more or less TO the line of a lot owned by
Josiah H. Davis: thence with said Dayiss line
cighty-sx feet more or less to ten 1cet al
lev: 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 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 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 hun
drcd 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 appurtenances
whatsoever said to the lot of ground, build
ngs and Improvements thereon, belonging or
III anywisc appertainlng.
Fifth. A LOT OF GROUND lying to the
eastward of Union street between Duke and
Wolfe streets, being part of lot designated i'll
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-seven feet t 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 LOT OF GROUND with BRICK
| TENEMENT and improvements thereon, be-
ginning on Wolfe street at its intersection
with the east line of a ten-feet alley scparat-
ing the lot from lot conveyed by Sarah
Kirk and William Kcyser to Thomas Janney
and Thomas Preston, extending thence Oh
| Wolfe streat so as to include the whole front
of the said brick tenement, twenty-sx feet
thence north parallel to Union street twenty
| two feet to another line OF the SAID Janney
and Preston; thence west with that line ana
parallel to Wolfe street to the said ten-feet
alley; then with the said alley to the begin
ming.
! PROVENIENTS thereon between Union and
Strand streets, and to the north of Wolfe
street, beginning on the cast side Of 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. Daviss on
said street, supposed to be twenty-slx feet, be
the same more or less thence south parallel
to said alley and Union street nineteen feet to
the corner described as Josiah IL. 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
drcd and one feet, more or less, to the north
east corner of lot conveyed to the said Jo-
siah H. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
Keyser lard above describcd) 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 be sixty
five feet be the same more or less; thence
south on Strand street one hundred and ono
feet, more or less. to Wolfe street; thence
with Wolfe street west siXty-five 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 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 2. Ag-
new in three separate parcels.
Tenth. A LOT OF GROUND beginning at
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
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