The evening times., 1897-01-16
AUCTION SALES.
BY DUNCANSON BROS
AUcTIoNEERS.

office Of the Commissioners of the District
o. CoHlanmbia, Washington, ID. C., January
PUBLIC SALE OF THE PROPERTY AND
AND POTOMAC RIVER RAILROAD
CSo0MPAMY, IN THE DISTRICT OF
Pursuant to an act OF Congress approx ed
D une II 1878. TO proviae a permanent form
or government for the District of Colunl btj
5lie NJ IqIln,deerysigned, 6 5 on the 21ST DAY OF
at their office, No. 464 Louisiana avenue,
IN Wasllngton city, will offer Tor SAFE, AT
puDnc auction, to the highest BIDDER, the
rights ana franchises, road-Ded, ana iran
ciises, a nd the real estate OF the Anacostia
and Potomac River Railroad Company, or
SO much thereof as may be necessary 70 pay
certificate OF Indebtedness No. Tor $93l,
dated December l6, 1898, and issued TO
II. L. era nford, for paving space OF Z rect
adjacent TO tracks on Eighth and u streets
southeast, Second and C streets, and Canal
and streets southwest; certificate No. Pa,
FOR S335.59, dated November 4. 1894, ana
issued to the Wash ngbon Asphalt Block and
TUE Company, for work doGe adjacent To the
tracks OF said railroad colHpany, on south
SIDE or Canal street, between ID ana =
streets southwest, and certl1lcate NO 81,
Tor 50 ,931 :64, dated December 55s9,
and issued to the Washington Asphalt Block
and Tile Company, for work IN cohhcctloh
with The paving OF r street seutHeesb, from
South Capitol to Third street, adjacent TO
the tracks OF said company, WIN interest,"
AT o per ce ntun per annun from the daies
OF lie issua nee OF the said certificates
against tire said company, and the cost OF
tlIls advertisements.
The undersigned will first offer Tor sale
ali The rights and franchises of sald COIN.
pany prescribed and given by the act OF
Congress entitled AN act to amend the
act giving the approval and sancJlon OF
congress to the route and ternnm OF the
Anacostia and p otomac River Railroad In
The District OF Columbia, approved April
80, 1892. which gives the company au-
thorIy to run its cars over tHe IoiloW-
ing route, VIZ: From the intersection OF us
tracks at Ninth street with b street north.
west, north ON Ninth street 10 u street
northw est over the tracks or the Aetropol-
Itan Railway Company; thence west on "
street northwest to Eleventh street north
west over the tracks or the ECkluRboh
and Soldiers Home Railway Company,
thence south on Eleventh street to Il
street northwest, and east on Il street 10
Ninth street on the tracks OF the CapItol,
North o street and South Washington Rail-
way Company, thence south on lntn
street to street on the tracks OF Jne
metropolitan Railway Company. The rights
over the tracks OF each of the said rail-
road companies are to be Offered for sale
separately. And If the bid therefor be
VIII then offer for sale the right OF said
company to run its cars over the tracks
OF the Metropolitan Railway Company from
the intersection Of Ninth aud b streets
northwest TO the intersection OF Missouri
avenue and -Four -and-a-half street south
west and ii the bid therefor be not suf-
ItltuI 30 pay Sdlu ceftlIlcdtes, thSh tHeg
VIII offer for sale the roadbed and lnSold
franchises of said company, and II the
bids for all of the above items be insult
flcient to pay said certificates, then they
VIII offer for sale the real estate or said
company, being lots numbered from
1bI To 77S, both Inclusive, in Duv-Lll dddl-
ton to UniOntOwn, in the District of Co
lunbia.
Terms OF saIe-Cash on acceptance of bid.
COnyeyancing to he at the cost Of the Vur-
chaser. &J0HN w ROSS,
GEORGE TRUESDELL,
CHAS. F. POWELL,
Commissioners OF the District Of Column
Dia.
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