The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-05
COMMISSIONERS sALEOF THE MA,
RIETTA 3 FORTH GEORGIA
RAILWAY.

United States for the Northern District of Georo;
on the 18th day of May, 1898, in the Equity
Causes wherein the Central Trust Company Of
New York and the Boston Safe Deposit L Trust
Company, are compliments, and Marietta & North
Georgia Railway Company and others defend
ants being consolidated causes Nos. 359 and All in
the Circuit Court of the United States for the
Northern District of Georgia; and by virtue of or
ders and DEGREES passed by the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Northern District of Georga
on the Goth day of June, 1898, on the 18th day of
October, 1898, on the 4th day OF November, 1898,
on the 4th day of December, 1898, ON the 9th da
of January, 1894, and on the 26th day of January,
| 1894;
| And by virtue of q decree rendered by the Cir.
cult Court of the United States for the Northern
Division of the Eastern District of Tennessee on
| the 9th January, 1894.
And by virtue Of a decree of the United States
Circuit Court for the Western District of North
Carolina, entered OH the 18th day of December,
| 1898;
We, theundersigned Special Commissioner s,s shall
proceed to offer at bic sale to the highest bidder
or bidders, the premisesat the passenger station
| of the Marietta North Georgia Railway in the
| town of Marietta, in Cobb County, State of Geor-
gia, at 12 O'Clock Saturday the 3rd day of
March, 1884, ali and singular the corporate prop.
erty and franchises of said Marietta & North
Georgia Railway Company, the line of railway ex-
ty Georgia, through the counties of Cobb Cherokee
Pickens, Gilmer and Fannin to the town of Blue
Ridge, in Fannin county, Georgia, and thence on
| to the city of Knoxville in Knox county, Tennes-
see, through the counties Of Polk, McMinn Nom
, roe, Loudon, Blount and Knox, being total dis
lance Oh ABOUT ZU0 miles IRON Marietta to Knox
| vile, being standard guage road, and about
95. 81 miles lying in the State of Georgia and about
109 81 miles lying in the State of Tennessee and
also the further line of said railroad being a mar
row guage road extending from the town of Blue
Ridge, in Fannin county, Georgia, to Murphy, in
Cherokee county, North Carolina, distance of
about % miles, there being about 12.51 miles in
the State of Georgia of this narrow guage road
and about 12.49 miles in the State of North Caro-,
lima; together with all and singular the property
and estate OF said company OF every kind, real
personal or mixed, whether within or outside the
location of said railway and however ACQUIRED:
and all other lands, station houses bridges build
1ngs, fixtures and the equi pment, rolling stock
machinery, tools, implements and furniture what
ever connected with or belonging to the said line
OF railway; and also all rights privileges, Franchise
es leases, contracts, chooses in action and similar
property, whether legal equitable belonging to
said Marietta North Georgia Railway Company
or to which 1t is in any way entitled; and also all
right, t1tle claim, interest or demand of the said
Marietta q North Georgia Railway Company in
and to The line of telegraph upon its right of wav
me SAID standard guage and narrow guage road
lying IN the State Georgia will be offered Tor
sale separately and as one parcel, together with
the proportion of equipment, material and sup
plies appertaining thereto; and the said standard
guage road lying in the State of Tennessee. and
the narrow guage road lying in the State of North
Carolina, will be offered for sale separately and as
one parcel, together with the proportion of eouip-
ment, material and supplies appertaining thereto;
and then the whole OF said standard guage and
narrow guage road and appurtenant property will
be offered for sale together as an entirety and the
bids aggreeating the greatest amount will he ac-
cepted, as pointed out and provided for in said
Decree OF Foreclosure and Sale. And for a more
particular description of said property as we'll as
lor the specific terms and conditions of this sale
reference is hereby made to the Decree of Fore
closure and Sale which was had and entered as
aforesaid on the 18th day of May, 1898; and also
reference is hereby made to the report of the
| Special Master, b. II. Hill, Esq., showing the
SPECIFIC equipment and other property that belongs
to and is to be sold with each separate parcel of
said line of railway as aforesaid. At said sale no
bid viii be received for that portion of said rail-
way lying IN the State of Georgia and the appur-
| tenant property for less than $75OOOO, and a de-
posit of $4,000 in cash certified check at the
time OF making the bid will be required from the
bidder for said portion of said railway lyingn the
state OF Georgia; and at the time of said sale no
bids will be received for those parts of said line of
railway lying in the states of Tennessee and North
Gsroln ma and the appnrtenant property for less
| than 100000, and deposit of SIS 600 in cash or
certified check at the time of making the bid will
| be required from the bidder. When the whole of
said line OF railway lying in the states of Georgia,
| Tennessee and North Carolina and the appur rte
! nant property is offered for sale as an entirety
| then no bid will be received for less than sum
greater than the aggregate amounts of the separ-
| <Dlds Tor the separate parcels of property as
aforesaid, and deposit of $15OOO0 in cash or GERS
| titled check at the time of making the bid will be
| required from the bidder for the whole system of
railway. The balance of the pu rchase money may
be paid in cash or by bonds issued under the
mortgages now being foreclosed, provided for
In the Decree of Foreclosure and Sale, and is sub
!ect to continuation by the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Northern District of Georgia.
anu Ine circuit court OF the United States for the
Northern Division of the Eastern District of Ten
| nessee; and of the Circuit Court of the United
| States for the Western District of North Carolina
For the specific ternas and conditions of this sale
| reference is hereby made to the DEGREES of the
| several courts hereinbefore referred to.
| This the 9th day of January, 1894
| ROBERT J.LOWRY
| J. b. GLOVER,
| II. H. TAYLOR,
| Special Commissioners.
Butler, stman Hubbard Henry B. Temp
| kiEs, and Tillman & Tillman, Solicitors for Cen
| trail Trust Company of New York.
By order of the Circuit Court of the United
| States for the Northern District of Georgia the
sale above advertised is postponed until Monday,
the End day of April 1894, at II o. clock noon at
| the same place.
| ROBERT J. LOWRY,
| j. b. GLOVER,
| H. H, TAYLOR,
| Special Commissioners
Butler, Stiifman & Hubbard, Henry B. Temp
| kins and Tillman Tilman Solicitors for Cen
tlal Trust Company, of New York