Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-20

Court of the city of Alexandria entered IN the
chancery cause OF the City Council oi Alex
andria. plaintiff against the Virginia Iron
Shin Building Company, defendants we Will
as commissioners appointed for the purpose,
expcse :or sale 10 the highest bidder Ill front
of the ROYAL street entrance Of the Market
Building at u o'clock noon on
WEDNESDAY,
the Sd day OF august. 1872.
all the real estate and lcaschold interests
possessed By the defendants, situate in the
city Of alexandria, Virginia, and described rs
follows to wit:
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 forty-six feet three ard one-hali inches,
more or less. to the line Of TIE property fo--
merly owned By Entwislc, now owned by
Irwin thence eastwardly-, and parallel 10
Wilkes street into the Potomac river. returning
to the point Of beginning. and running thence
castwardly with Swans line, and parallel to
Wilkes street one hundred and ninety feet:
thence southwariIy parallel to Union street
thirty feet 10 Wilkes street; thence eastward
" on Wilkes street to Potomac river: thence
northwardly with said river to second line
Second. 4 LOT OFGR0UND and WHARF
with the buildings ard Improvements thereon
bounded on the south by Wolfe street, On the
west by Strand street, sometimes called the
Potomac Strand. on the c@st by the river, and
on the north b. g line Us drawn from strand
street into the river, parallel to and eqaidls-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV
ing front on Strand street and TIE river OF
one hundred and scvcnty-six feet seven inches,
more or less.
Third. A LOT OF GROUND situated ii the
intersection or Wolfe aad Union streets, and
running thence northwardly with Union
street and bindin. thereon ere hundred and
seventy-cight feet to the center OF The square,
be the same more or less; thence castwardiy
one hundred and seyenty-5ovcn feet more o:
| less TO Strand street; thence s0uthwardly 2nd
binding on Strand street scvcnty-scvcn feet
| more or less to the liTe Of lot owned by
Josiah II. Davis thence with said Davis line
eiyhty-six feet more or less to Il ten feet al
ley: thence with said alley southward!y one
hundred and one feet more or less to Wolfe
street thence wcstwardly with Wolfe street
and binding thereon TO the beginning.
Fourth 4 LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the east side of Union street one hundred ard
| ffty-Ope feet seven inches 10 tie south OF
Duke street, and running thence south with
Union street twenty-five feet, to the SAME,
ed by Duke and Wclfc street; thence east
with line parallel TO that street one hun
dred and thirty-six feet 10 the lot of Robert
r. Hooc: thence with the line north the
length of the first line; thence with straight
line to the beginning. ard all aFpurtcnanccs
| whatsoever said to the lot OF ground, baiid-
ings and improvements thereon. belonging or
in anywisc appertaining.
Fifth. A LOT OF GROUND lying to the
eastward of Union street between Dakc ana
Wolfe streets, being par! Of = 10; designated III
the plan of the town of said Alexandria, NO
II. Beginning on south line thereof one
hundred and thirty-siZ feet ore Inch to the
east of Union street. extending thence into the
river, returning then 10 the beginning, and
extending northwaTdiy parallel 10 Union
street to the line of the lot belonging 10 the
corporation of Alexandria, supposed to be
| thirty-sevcn feet inches, be the same how
| ever. more or less thence castwardiy parallel
TO the first line, and to Duke street INTO the
river. with all rights and appurtcnanccs TO the
same belonging.
Sixth. A LOT OF GROUNDwith BRiIK
| TENEMENT and improvements thereon, be-
ginning on Wolfe street at its intersection
with tie cast line of a ten-icct alley sefarat-
| ing the lot from Il lot conveyed BY Safah
Kirk and William kcyScr to Thomas Janney
and Thomas Preston, extending thence on
Wolfe strcat so as to include the whole front
of the said brick tenement, twenty-six feet;
thence north parallel TO Union street twenty
two feet TO another line of the said Janncy
and Preston; thence west with that line and
parallel to Wolfe street to the said ten-ieet
alley: 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 tie east side OF certain
alley running northwardly fHOm Wolfe street;
thence north on said alley nineteen feet;
thence cast parallel to Wolfe street the length
of the front described as Josial: H. Davis's 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 icet 10
the corner described as JOSIAH III. Davis
! 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 OH the lot former
" occupied by William Patterson; thence
northwardly parallel to Wolfe street one hun
bred and one feet, more or less, to the north
east corner of lot conveyed to the SAID Jo-
sah II. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
Keyser land above descrbed) by the atore-
said deed. dated the sixth day of March, a. d.
1926; thence castwardly 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-fvc feet. more or
less, to the beginning
Ninth A lot of ground known rs the ATT
A
ERTY," bounded on the cast 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 T. 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 interscc-
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 cx-
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 former
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