Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-29
AUCTION SALES.
DICHMOND AND DANVILLE Rail-
4 ROAD COMPANY

pICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAIL-
LII ROAD COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance
of a decree of the Circuit Court OF. the United
States for the Eastern District OF Virginia, en-
tered On November 9th, 1894, in the suit,of
the Central Trust Company, of New York,
and others vs.. the Richmond and Danville
! Rlilroad Company and Others consolidated
cause in equity, and supplemental decree
entered in the same cause on November 2Sth,
| 1894, we. the subscribers Receivers of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company
appointed in said cause, will. on
MONDAY, the 31st day of December,
1894,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, sell on the
premises st public auction whatever right
title and interest the said Richmond and Dam
vile Railroad Company and the said Receivers
have, in law or equity, in or to the real estate
or interests therein hereafter mentioned SUBJ
ject, however. to all outstanding subsisting
lawful claims, equities and liens thereon,
whatever they may be-
The description of the said real estate the
right, title and interest of the Richmond and
Danviile Railroad Company and said Re-
cevers, in law or equity, in or to which we
shall sell as aforesaid. is as follows:
ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND lying near
the south end of the Long Bridge over tho
Potomac river in Alexandria county, Virginia,
which was conveyed by Eppa Hunton, jr., to
William II. Payne by deed dated August
Goth, 1890, and recorded in the Clerks
Office of Alexandria county Aforesaid in Deed
Book NJ. No. a, page %, and more particular
ly described as beginning at point on the
east limit of turnpike, $50 feet in south
westerly direction from face line of old abut-
ment or 663 feet from face line of existing
abutment of Long Bridge. thence south 26
degrees east 1855 feet to point 90 feet
south e5 degrees west of large tree on bank
of Potomac river; thence with the meander-
ings of the Potomac river and Roach's run
400 feet more or less to the east limit Of
turnpike at tide gate, south end Of Waterloo
Trestle thence with east limit of turnpike
north 58t. degrees east 3O40 feet to the be-
ginning, containing II acres, excepting, how
ever, from the whole tract above described
two pieces or parcels thereof conveyed by
William n. Payne and wife to the Washing
ton Southern Railway Company by deed
dated October 1, 1890, and recorded in said
Clerks Office in Liber 5l, No. A, page So, &c;
said parcels containing respectively 5.99
acres and 1919 acres, leaving of said whole
tract 55 % acres
(2) ALL THAT MESSUAGE being part
andria county, and adjoining the above de-
scTibed tract and described as beginning at o
point in the east line of the turnpike $50 feet
in a southwesterly direction from face line of
the old abutinent, or 660 feet from the face
line of the existing abutment; thence south &c
degrees east 300 feet to point; thence north
51a degrees east AGO feet to point thence
north SOB degrees west 100 feet to east line
of the turnpike; thence with the turnpike in
q southwesterly direction $50 feet to the be-
ginning containing 1.57 acres and all right
in the strip of land adjacent to and north of
the north line of said land as set forth in tho
plat annexed to the lease next herein referred
to, being the same property demised and
Thomas H. Wentworth, jr., by indenture
dated March 16, 1886, and recorded in said
Clerks office in Liber @. No. a. page 1873,
&C.; subject, however, to the operation and
effect of certain deed made by Edward Lau-
terbach and wife and the Richmond and DAN
vile Railroad Company to the Washington
Southern Railway Company, dated Octo-
ber ], 1890, and recorded in said Clerks
Office in Liber NJ, No. 4, folio ", &c, convey
ing two strips or parcels thereof containing
respectively fifty-three hundredths and forty
six hundredths acres, being a total Of ninety
nine hundredths acres.
B0tn Oh tnc ABOVE mentioned properties
will be offered together as one parcel
The terms of sale Of the said properties will
be cash upon confirmation Of the sale by tho
court, taxes and other charges to be adjusted
to date of sale. - -,
The bidder whose bid is accepted as the
highest for the properties sold will be required
to pay at once to the undersigned Receivers
ten per cent. of the amount Of any and all
sums bid for the property so struck off to him.
If his bid should be rejected by the court, the
amount SO deposited by the bidder will be re,
turned to him; and if his bid"shall be ac-
cepted by the court, and he shall fail to COM
ply with all the conditions of the sale and all
orders of court with respect thereto, tho sum
deposited by the bidder shall be forfeited and
shall be applied as the court may direct.
For further particulars, and for moro spe-
cifc information as to the interests of tho
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company
and the said Receivers in the properties to be
sold reference is hereby made to said decree
and the proceedings in said cause, Gled in the
Clerk o Office of said court at Richmond, Yir-
ginia.
Dated Richmond, Va, November 30th,
1894.
SAMUEL SPENCER,
FREDERIC w, HUIDEKOPER,