Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13
AUCTION SALES.
By O'Neal & Lunt, Auct:onecrs.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

ne commissioners appointed for the purpose,
cxpose for sale 20 the highest bidder IN front
OF the ROYAL street entrance OF tic Market
Building at / > O'Clock noon on
WEDNESDAY,
the Sd day of August lo92,
all the real estate and leaschold interests
possessed by the defendants, situate IN tne
city of Alexandria, Virginia, ard described aS
follows 10 wit:
First. A LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side Union street thirty lee1
north OF Wilkes street and running .hsnoS
northwardly on Union street one nunuIeu
and forty-six feet three and one-hail illcneS'
more or less, to the line OF the property 'i-
merry owned by Entwlsie, now owned .!
irwin: thence eastwardly, and parallel 10
Wilkes street 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 1eet:
thence southward[y parallel to Union street
thirty feet TO Wilkes street; thence eastward
IL 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 csiiied the
Potomac Strand, on the east by the river, ana
on the north by a line as drawn from olianu
street into the river, parallel to and equlois-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV.
ing front on Strand street and the river OF
one hundred and scventy-six feet seven ihcheS,
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
scvcnty-eight feet to the center of the square,
be the same more or less; thence eaStwardly
one hundred and sevcnty-seven feet more or
less TO Strand street thence southwardly and
binding on Strand street scycnty-sevcn 1eet
more or less to the line of lot owned by
Josiah II. Davis: thence with said DavisS line
eighty-six feet more or less to ten tect al
lev: thence with said alley sOuthwardiy one
hundred and one feet more OF less to wolfe
street: thence wcstwardly with Wolfe street
and binding thereon 10 the beginning.
Fourth A LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side of Union street one hundred ana
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 east
with line parallel to that street one hun
dred and thirty-six feet to the lot OF Robert
r Uooe 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 thereon one
| hundred and thirty-six feet one inch 10 inc
east of Union street, extending thence into inc
river. returning then to the beginning, ana
| extending northwardly parallel to Union
street 10 the line of the lot belonging to the
corporation of Alexandria, supposed to be
tLirtv-scven 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 appurtenances tothe
same belonging. nr1r-
TENEMENT and Improvements thereon, De-
! ginning on Wolfe street at its intersection
| with the east line Of tcn-feet alley scparat-
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 twenty-six 1ect
thence north parallel TO Union street twenty
two feet to another line of the sand Janney
and Preston; thence west with that line ana
parallel TO Wolfe street TO the SAID ten-lcet
alley: then with the said alley to the begin
ming.
Seventh. A LOT OF GROUND WITH IN.
PROVEMENTS 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 as Josiah II. Davls's on
said street. supposed to be twcnty-six feet, be
the same more or less; thence south parallel
! TO said alley and Union street nineteen feet to
the corner described rs Josiah II. Daviss
northeast corner: thence west with the line
called Josiah II. 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
" occuricd by William Patterson; thence
northwardly parallel to Wolfe street one hun
dred and one feet more or less to the north
east corner of 4 lot conveyed to the said Jo-
siah II. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
Kevser land above dcscribed) by the afore-
said deed, dated the sixth day of March, A. ID.
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
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 appertalning, 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 P. 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-
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. 4 LOT OF GROUND beginning
at the northeast corner of Lee street former
" 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