The morning times., 1897-01-16
AUCTION SALES.
By DUNCANSON BROS.
AUCTIONEERS

Office OF the Commissioners of the DISTRICT
OF Columbia, Washington, d. c., January
PUBiIc SALE OF THE PROPERTY AND
FRANCHISES or THE ANACosTIA
AND POTOMAC RIVER RAILRoADE p
G9iIEAR, Gc9iMPANY. IN THE DISTRICT OF
Pursuant to an act OF Congress approved
June IL, 1878. oprovioe d permanent form
or government for the District OF Coluni bIa
JANUARY, A. d. 1897, at 1 2 O'Clock H.,
at tieir office, No. 464 Louisiana avenue
In Washington city, win offer FOR sale, at
public auction, to the highest BIDDER. the
rights and franchises, road-bed, and iran
chises, and the real estate Of the Anacostia
and Potomac River Railroad Company, or
so much thereof as may be necessary to pay
certificate OF indebtedness No l 9, for 50. 81 ,
dated December 16, 1898, and issued TO
Ii: l.. Crawford, for paving space OF Ieet
adjacent 10 tracks on Eighth ana U SITeets
southeast, Second and c streets, ana Canal
and streets southwest; certiricate NO. "a
FOR $33559, dated November 4. 1894, and
issued to the WashI ngton Asphalt biock ana
Tile Company, for work doTe adjacent 10 tne
tracks or said railroad company, on souIl
side OF Canal street, between b ana =
streets southwest, and certificate NO; a
Tor $3 ,931 Ga, dated December o, 1850
ana issued To tie Washington Asphai, BLOCK
and Tile Company, for work IN coilnectlon
with the paving OF + street southeese, ifol
South Capitol to Third street, adjacent To
the tracks OF said company, Win interest,"
at o per centum per annum from the dates
or ;ile .lSSu3 nee OF the SAID certliitdteS
against the said company, and Une cosU oi
this adyertseine Mt.
The undersigned will first offer for sale
all the rights and franchises OF salo com.
Congress entitled IAN act to amend the
act giving the approval and sanctloh OF
congress to the route and termni OF tIie
AnacostIa and P Potomac River Railroad IN
The District OF Columbia, approved Aprli
80, 1892. which gives the company au-
thorly TO run It's cars over une ioiiow ~
ing route, VIZ: From the intersection OF iss
tracks at Ninth street with X street north
west, north on Ninth street TO u Sbrett
northwest over the tracks OF the Metropol.
itan Railway Company; thence west on "
street northwest to Eleventh street north
west over the tracks OF the Eckinetoh
and Soldiers Home Railway company,
thence south on Eleventh street 10 y
street northwest, and east on IL street 10
Ninth street on the tracks OF the Capitol,
North Q street and South Washington Rail-
Way Company thence. south on Eiatn
street to b street on the tracks or the
Metropolitan Railway Company. The rights
over the tracks OF each OF the SAID rail-
ROAD companies are TO be otfered LOT sale
separately. Aud if the bid therefor be
not sufficient to,pay said certificates, they
VIII then offer for sale the right OF SAT-
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 sur
lleient TO pay said certificates, Then they y
VIII offer for sale the roadbed aud insolu
franchises of said company, and IL the
bids for all of the above items be lnSuf-
fieient TO pay said certificates, then they
VIII offer for sale the real estate CT said
company, being lots numbered fron
76T TO T7S, both Inclusive, in Duvlll ; addi-
ton to Uniontown, in the District Of Co
lumbia.
Terms OF sale-Cash on acceptance of bid
CGnyeyancing to be at the cost pf the pur-
chaSer. JOHN w. ROSS,
GEORGE TRUESDELL,
CHAS. +. POWELL,
Commissioners of the District o1 Column
bia.
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