The morning times., 1897-01-14
AUCTION SALES.
By DUNCANSON BROS.
AUCTIoNEERs.

ofnce Of the Commissioners of the District
OF CoiuInDla, washington, D. C., January
PUBLIC SALE OF THE PROPERTY AND
AND PoToMAo of RIVER We AkAnGaIbb RAiLRoAb
CoMPANY., IN THE DISTRICT OF
Pursuant to an act OF Congress approve ed
June l /, 1878. toprovioe Il permanent form
OF government for the District of Columbia.
the ~! Iqn.dserysigneds e s on @ the 2lST DAY OF
JANUARY, "A. ID. 1897, at . o'clock H.,
at tlleir office, No. 464 Louisiana avenue.
/ W Wasiiington city, viii offer for sale, at
pubic auction, to the highest bidder, the
rights and franchises road-bed and fran
chises, al nd the real estate OF the Anacostia
and Potomac River Railroad Company, or
SO much thereof as may be necessary To pay
dated December 16, 1898, and issued to
Ii. l.. Crawford for paving space OF feet
adJace mt TO tracks on Eighth and q streets
southeast, Second and c streets. and Canal
and streets southwest, certificate No. "a,
for S335.59, dated November Ia. S94, and
issued to the washington Asphalt Block and
ltle Company for work done adjacent TO the
tracks OF said railroad company, ON south
side OF Canal street, between and c
streets southwest, and certiIcate NO. 81.
Tor S3 ,93l .64, dated December 3, 1890,
and issued 10 tile Washington Asphalt Block
and Tile Company, for work in connection
with the paving OF r street southeast, from
south Capitol to Third street, adjacent to
Tie tracks OF said company, with interest
AT per ce entuIn per annuIn from the dates
or the issuance of the said certificates
against the said company, and the cost OF
this advertisement
The undersigned Will first offer for sale
all the rights and franchises of said COM
pany prescribed ana given by the act or
congress entitled IAN act to amend the
acC giving The approval and sanction or
Congress to the route and termint OF the
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad in
The District of Columbia" approved April
10, 1892. which gives the company au-
tboriy to run its cars over the follow
hn n tDrS so
tracks at Ninth street with street north
west north ON Ninth street to q street
northwest over the tracks of the MetropOl-
itan Railway Company, thence west on IL
street northwest to Eleventh street north
west over the tracks of the lexington
and Soldiers Home Railway Company;
thence south on Eleventh street to L
street northwest, and east on + street TO
Ninth street on the tracks of the Capitol.
North o street and South Washington Rail-
way company, thence south on Ninth
street to b street on the tracks of the
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
not Sufflclent to pay said certificates, They
VIII then offer for sale the right of said
company TO run its cars over the tracks
or the Metropolitan Railway Company from
the intersection OF Ninth aud b streets
northwest TO the intersection of Missouri
avenue and Four-und-a-half street south
West; and if the bid therefor be not suf-
Ilclent to pay said certificates, then they
VII tlltI lbI Sdlt the IUddUtb ANU tiisulu
franchises of said company, and II the
bids for all of the above items be insult
Ilcient 90 pay said certificates, then they
VIII offer for sale the real estate Of said
company, being lots numbered from
IoI to T7S, bOUn Inclusive, in DuvIil s dddi-
ton to Uniontown, in the District or Co
lumbia.
Terms OF sale-Cash on acceptance of bid.
Conveyancing to be at the cost Of the pur-
chaser. JOHN w. ROSS,
GEORGE TRU ESDELL,
CHAS. +. POWELL,
commissioners or the District 0I Column
bia.
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