Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-02
AUCTION SALES.
By o'Neal & Lunt, Auctionecss'
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Pursuant TO decree OF the Corporation
Court of the city of Alexandria entered III lle
chancery cause of the City Council o! AAeA-
andria, plaintiff, against the virginia !Io !1,
Ship Building Company, deiendants' Me.mni
cxnose for sale to the highest bidder IN front
of the ROYAL street eXtrance OF the Market
Building at . o'clock noon on
WEDNESDAY,
the Sd day of August 1892,
or The real estate and leasehold interests
possessed jy the defendants. situate IN the
citv of :a.eSandria. Virginia, and described as
! follows to wit:
First. A LOT OF GROUND beginning on
the cast side Union street thirty feet
north of Wilkes street and running thence
northwardly on Union street one hundred
and forty-six feet three and One-halt inches,
more or less. to the line OF the properly Tor
mcrly owned by Entwisie, now owned by
Irwin: thence eastwardly, and parallel 10
Wilkes street Into the Potomac river, returning
to the point Of beginning and running lhehce
castwardly with Swans line, and parallel 10
Wilkes street one hundred and ninety 1eet
thence souti,warily parallel 70 Union street
thirty feet to Wilkes street; thence eastward
| " on Wilkes street to Potomac rlvcr; thence
northwardly with said river TO second line.
Second. 4 LOT OF GROUND and WHARt'
with tie buildings and improvements thereon
bounded on the south by Wolfe street. on the
west BIZ Strand street. sometimes called the
Potomac Strand. on the east by the river, and
on the north by q line rs drawn from Strand
street into the river, parallel to and eluld!s-
tant from Duke street and Wolfe street, CIV
ina front on Strand street and the river OF
one hundred and seycnty-siX feet seven inches,
more or less.
Third. A LOT OF GROUND situated at the
| intersection OF Wolfe and Union streets. ana
running thence northwardly with Union
street and binding thereon one hundred ana
seventy eight feet TO the center OF the square,
be the same more or less thence eastwardly
one hundred and sevcnty-seyen feet more or
less to Strand street. thence southwardiy and
| binding on Strand street sevcnty-scyen feet
more or less 10 the line of lot owned by
Josiah II. Davis: thence with said Davis line
ciphty-six feet more or less to ten feet al
lev; thence with said alley southwardly one
hundred and one feet more or less to Woiie
street thence wcstwardly with Wolfe street
| and binding thereon TO the beginning.
Fourth. A LOT OF GROUND beginning on
| the cast side of Union street one hundred and
| fifty-onc 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 1orm-
ed by Duke and Wolfe street; thence east
with Il line parallel to that street one hun,
drcd and thirty-six feet to the lot OF l,opGru
| r. Uooc. thence with the line north the
| LENGTH of the first line thence with straight
line TO the beginning, and all appurtcnances
whatsoever said to the lot Of ground, build
ings and Improvements thereon, belonging vi
in anywisc appcrtaining.
Fifth. a LOT OF GROUND lying to the
eastward of Union street between Duke ana
Wolfe streets. being part OF & lot designated III
the plan of the town Of said Alexandria. NO
n. 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 20 the beginning, and
extending northwardly parallel TO Union
street to the line of the lot belonging to the
corporation of Alexandria, supposed TO DC
thirty-seyen feet i inches, be the same now
ever, more or less thence castwardiy parallel
TO the first line, and TO Duke street INTO the
river. with all rights and arnurtcnances to the
same belonging. ,>,,r-,,
| TENEMENT and improvements thereon, be-
ginning on Wolfe street ut its intersection
with the east line of a tcn-feet alley separat-
ing the lot from lot conveyed by Sarah
Kirk and William Kcyser to Thomas Janney
and Thomas Preston extending thence on
Wolfe streat so as to include the whole front
of the said brick tenement, twcnty-slX ieet !;
thence north parallel to Union street twenty
two feet to another line of the sad Janney
| and Preston thence west with that line and
parallel TO Wolfe street TO the said tcn-fcet
! alley; then with the said alley to Tic begin
ming. ,,,,,,,
Seventh. A LOT Or GROUND WITH M
PROyEAlENrS thereon between Union and
Strand streets, and to the north oil Molie
street. beginning on the cast side OF a certain
alley running northwardly from Wolfe street;
thence north OIL said alley nineteen feet !;
thence east parallel to Wolfe street the length
of the front described as Josiah III. Davls's on
said street, supposed to DO twcnty-six feet, be
the same more or less; thence south parallel
to said alley and Union street nineteen feet to
| the corner described as Josiah ii. DAVIS S
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 1orlner-
" 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-
siah II. Davis by Sarah Kirk and William
Kcyser land above descnbed) by the aiore-
said deed. dated the sixth day of March, A. ID.
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 ono
feet more or less. to Wolfe street; thence
with Wolfe street west siXty-tive feet, more or
less, to the beginning.
Ninth. A lot of ground known rs the AT
NEW COAL WHARF AND FORAGE PROP
ERTY,n bounded OH 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
.sHuntcr's shipyard," together with all ways,
rights, privileges and easements thereto be-
longing or in any wise appertainlng, 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 L. AS-
new in three separate parcels.
Tenth. A LOT OF GROUND beginning at
a point on Lee street formerly Water street,
scycnty-six feet five inches from the interscc-
ton of Lee street with Gibbon street, and
running north on Lee street one hundred
feet thence cast 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. A LOT OF GROUND beginning
at the northeast corner of Lee street former