The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-13
CHARLESTON, SUMTER And
NORTHERN RAILROAD CO.
MASTERS SALE
OF RAILROAD.


a Decree of the United States Circuit Court
fer the District of South Carolina, da1ed
January l4th, 1885, and made in the causes
entitled Alfred 4 Howlett vs. The Charleston.
Sumter & Northern Railroad Cornpany. and the
Atlantic Trust Company W. the Charleston.
Sumter l. Nor,hern Railroad Company, the
undersigned as Special Master, named IN the
Decree. will sell for cash 1T Public Auction.
to the highes, bidder, twelve o'clock.
noon. At the Depot of The Charleston, Sumter
Il Northern Railroad in the E:y Of Sumter,
IN the STATE of South Carol na, on the fifteenth
dav of FEBRUARY, AID. 1895, the follow
ing described property Of the Charleston.
Sumter & Norihern Railroad Company:
All and Singular the lands. tenements ano
hered!taments of the Charleston, Sumter 4
Nor,hern Railroad Company, wherever
situated. including all lis railroads, tracks,
right of way, main lines, superstrnctuEes,
depots, depot grounds, station houses, engine
houses. car houses freight houses, wood
houses. sheds, watering places, work shops.
machine shops, bridges, yiaducts. culverts,
fences and fixtures, together with ell i's
leases, leased or hired lands, leased or hired
railroads, and all its locom olives, tenders.
cars, carriages, trucks and ether rolling stock.
its machinery, tools, weighing scales, turn
tables rails, wood, coal, oil, fuel, equipment,
furniture and material every name, nature
and description, together with all the cor
porAte rights privileges, irnmuniments and
franchises of the said railroad company, in
cluding the franchise 10 ne corporation,
and All the tolls, fares. sreighs, rents, in
come. issnes and profits thereof and all the
reversicn and reyersloas, remainder and re-
mainders thereof.
The said property being more fully set ou:
and described ia and by certain mortgage
or deed of trust executed by the Charleston,
Sumter Northern Railroad Company to the
American Loan and Trust Company Of the
City Of Il W York, Trustee. dated April End
1890, and also ia the decree in this cause
and consisting among other tnirgs OF the fo!-
lowing railroad lines, to-wi-:
All and singular the lines of railroad
owned, constructed and operated by the
Charleston, Sumter & Northern Railroad
Comoany over the following generally de-
scribed route, namely: a lire Of railroad
which extends from Pregnal!s Station on the
line of the South Carolina Railroad, formerly
known rs forty-ore mile station, IN the
County of Coiletoa, State of South Carolina,
through Hafleyvilie il said lasf mentioned
connty; Pecks, Holly Hill, Conuors auc
Eu,awviile il The County of Berkeley 10 ssic
State Bulls and Vances in the Couuty O.
Orangeburg in said State Merriam, ST.
Paul, Summertou, Silver and PacksVille in
the County of Clarendon in said State, anG
10 the City Of Sumter in the County of Sum-
ter. aud thence through the Counties of Dar-
lington and Marlboro. 70 or near BenpettS-
Vile in said County of Marlboro, in said
Stn,e, distance io all Of aoout one hundred
and tweuty-one and Lilo niles also line
of railroad which extends from Eutawville
in the Ccurty CT Berkeley 10 said State Of
South Carolina, TO Ferguson in the County
of Berkeley. in said State Of South Carolina.
n distance Of about six mics: also line OF
railroad which extends from WAGES, in the
County Of Orangeburg. IN tie State Of South
Carolina through Smells aad Parlers, in saiC
last mentioned County, to Harlin City for
mery Elloree) in said last mentioned County,
"A Gistance of about eleven and two-tenths
miles, anG also the line of railroad
known as the Gibson extension or con-
tinuaton Of the track and other property
Of the Charleston, Sumter & Northern Rail.
road Company, such extension or continue
ton, exirnding from the town Of ofBennetteyille
at the former terminus Of the Charleston
Sumter & Northern Railroad, 10 point II
the State Of South Carolina, near the line
dividing the State of South Carolina from
the State of North Carolina, the said point
being about four thousand feet from the
town of Gibson, in the State of North Caro-
lima said Gibson extension consisting OF
about ten 85-l00 miles, and having bee y con-
struc,ed by the Receiver Of the Charleston.
Sumter & Northern Railroad, with funds OF
the trust estate, by orders of the Circuit
Court, of the United States, passed in these
causes; the entire railroad lines being alto
gether distance Of about one hundred and
| forty-nine miles fralroad construction, anG
in active operation, under AID by virtue OF
the charter, of the railroad company as now
amended
The said Master shall receive at such sale
90 bid of less than the sum Of four hundred
thousand dollars, and shal! receive no bid
! from any person Offering TO bid, who shall
not first deposit with him as pledge, that
such bidder will make good his bid in case
of its acceptance, the sum Of $4,000 10
money or by certified check On some responsi-
BILE bank, or $50, 900, in Receivers certificates
of the Receiver, Of the Charleston, Sumter l.
Northern Railroad, or $500, 900 in bonds
the said Railroad Company. The deposit so
received from any unsuccessful bidder, shali
be returned 10 him when the property shall
be struck down, and the deposit so received
from the successful bidder shall be applied on
account Of the purchase price, if cash or Re
ceivers certificates then at par, and if bonds
then a; proportionase value, as further pro-
vded in this paragraph. Such further pay
meuts on the purchase price, shall be paid in
cash, as the Court in this cause may from
time TO time direct, and the Court reserves
the right to resell, in this case, the premises
and property herein directed to be sold, upon
the failure OF the purchasers thereof or their
successors, or assigns to comply within
twenty days with any order Of the Court in
that regard, and any defaulting bidder and
any purchaser who shall defanlt shall be
liable to make good any and ali expenses and
any and all deficiency, or loss occasioned by
the property bringing d less price at any
such resale, and the amount so deposited by
such bidder, shall De applied on account
thereof. Provided, however, that the pur-
chaser may turn in to the special Master, in
lieu of cash. other receivers certificates Of
Charleston, Sumter l. Northern Railroad al
par, or any coupons, bonds, Or ether claims
s6iu6rp3 m he ia "a hla O,- of, ta ,rocea,ic of