The morning times., 1897-01-15
AUCTION SALES.
By DUNCANSON BROS.
AUCrIONEERS

offiee Of the Commissioners Of the District
or Columbia, Washington, ID. c., JANUARY
PgBLIc SALE OF THE PROPERTY AND
FRANCHISES OF THE ANACoSTIA
GG33iM1PFAASN,Y,, G3i y a., IN THE DISTRICT OF
fursua MT to an act OF Congress approved
June /, 1878. to provine a permanent form
or government for the District of Columbla,
JANUARY, A. d. 1897, at 2 clock H.,
at tier office, NO 464 Louisiana avenue,
In washington city. will offer for sale, at
pubic auction, to the highest bidder, the
rights and franchises, road-bed, and fran
chises, and the real estate OF the Anacostia
and Potomac River Railroad Company, or
so much thereof as may be necessary 10 pay
certificate ofindebtedness No. 8, for $9.31,
dated December 16, 1898, and issued TO
ii; L. Crawford, for paving space OF Ieet
southeast, Second and C streets, and Canal
and L streets southwest; certificate No. "A.
for S335.59, dated November IA, 1894, and
issued TO the Washington Asphalt Block and
itietoiiipany, FOR work done adjacent 10 tiie
trdckS or SAID railroad company, on SOUTH
SIDE OF Canal street. between and z
streets soutlwes and certificate NO: u,
Tor S3 ,931 GA, dated December y, 1888,
Il nd issued TO the Washington Aspnat BLOCK
and Tile Company, for work in connection
Win the paving OF 4 street southeast, from
South Capitol to Third street, adjacent TO
the tracks OF said company, with interest
at ~ per ce ntum per annum from the dates
or the issuance OF the said certliicateS
against a. tue said company, and the cost OF
this advertiselne
The undersigned will first offer for sale
all The rights and franchises OF said COM
Congress entitled IAN act to amend the
acb giving The approval and sanction or
congress TO the route and ternini of the
Anaeostla and 2 otomac River Railroad in
nle Dlserlct OF Columbia, approved April
80, 1897. which gives the company au-
Ihoriy TO run Its cars over the follow
ing route, VIZ: From the intersection of its
tracks at Ninth street with b street north
west, north on Ninth street TO II street
northwest over the tracks of the Metropol-
liah Railway Company; thence west on q
west over the tracks OF the Ecklngton
anu Soldiers Home Railway Company;
thence south on Eleventh street to e
street northwest, and east on e street to
Ninth street on the tracks OF the Capitol,
North Q street and South Washington Rail-
way company; thence south on nlnth
street TO 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 offered for sale
separately. And if the. bid therefor be
not sufficient 30 pay said certificates, they
VIII Then offer for sale the right OF said
company to run its cars over the tracks
OF o, the metropolitan Railway Company from
the intersection Of Ninth and B streets
northW esS To the intersection OF Missouri
avenue and Four-and-a-half street south
west, and ii che bid therefor be not suf-
li,;lent 10 pay said certificates, then they
VIII offer for sale the roadbed and dnsold
franchises of said company, and II The
bids for all of the above items be insult
ficient Co pay said certificates, then they
VIII offer for sale tine real estate or said
company, being lots numbered from
76T to 77S, both Inclusive, iii DuvlH dddi-
tion 10 Uniontown, in the District Or Co
-lumbia.
Terms OF saIe-Cash on acceptance of bid.
COnveyancing to he at the cost Of the pur-
chaser. JOHN w ROSS,
GEORGE TRUESDELL,
CHAS. +. POWELL,
Commissioners OF the District Of Column
bia.
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