San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-10
MASTERS SALE.

"NstSlh DlSttlCl VI ItAdS, 1T san AL
tonic, on August Nth, 1897, by the
clerk thereof, in the case of Holland
Trust Company VS.. Rio Grande Bridge
& Tramway Company, No. 50, in
Equity, to me, William Hollis, Special
Master in said case, directed and de-
livered, | will sell at public auction,
on the first Tuesday in November,
1897, same being the End day of said
month, between the hours of ten
o'clock, A. NJ, and four p. NJ, in front
Of the Courthouse door of Maverick
County, Texas, the following describ-
ed property, to-wit:
All and singular the bridge over the
Rio Grande river between the towns
of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Ne
gras, Mexico, with the approaches
thereto, and all tracks, structures,
terminals, and terminal property of
said Rio Grande Bridge & Tramway
company, constructed, purchased or
otherwise acquired, and all rights OF
way, yards, and all other lands and
interests in said lands appertaining to
said bridge, approaches, appurtenanc-
es, terminals and terminal property,
and all the road bed, bridge, piers,
abutmentS, treStles, cross-tieS, tracks,
rails, switches, turnOuts, side tracks.
toll houses, ware houses, fuel houses.
and other structures, erections and
fixtures of every sort owned by said
Bridge ~ Tramway company at the
time 1t executed said mortgage or now
owned by it, and which are or may
become appurtenant to said bridge,
approaches, terminals and terminal
property. Also all tools, implements
and machinery, instruments, furni- |
ture, safes, books, accounts and maps, |
belonging to said Bridge Company, or
which belonged to it when said mort |
gage was executed, and which may be
used, or intended to be used especially |
with and for said bridge, approa ches, |
terminals and terminal property. Also |
all materials and supplies of every |
character now owned or possessed by |
said Bridge Company, or owned and |
possessed by it when said mortgage |
was executed, and intended to be used |
in the construction, completion, equip |
ment, maintenance and operation of |
the said bridge, approaches, terminals, |
and terminal property, or of any por-
ton thereof, together with all and |
singular the tenements, Entertainments |
and appurtenances thereunto belong
ing or in anywise appertaining, and |
the freights, tolls, rents, issues, in |
come, and profits thereof, and of ev-
cry portion thereof; and also all the |
corporate and other franchises, privi- |
leges, rights, liberties, and immunities |
of every sort now owned, possessed |
or enjoyed by said Bridge Company, |
or owned, possessed and enjoyed by |
it at the time of the execution of said |
mortgage and in any manner pertain. |
ing to the construction, acquisition |
and maintenance of said bridge, ap- |
proaches, terminals and terminal prop |
erty.
The said property will be sold as an
entirety.
1t was provided by the final decree |
that the sale should be for cash and |
the bidder should pay twenty-five per |
cent. of the purchase price on the |
day of sale, and the balance within
ten days thereafter; by an agreement |
of counsel filed in said suit, the decree |
has been so amended as to provide |
that the purchaser shall pay, at the |
time and place of sale the sum of |
five thousand dollars in cash. The |
rest of the purchase price need not be |
paid in cash, but may at the option |
of the purchaser, be paid in cash, or
be satisfied and made good by sur |
rendering to the master, any outstand- |
ing and unpaid bonds or overdue and |
unpaid coupons, included in and Sc
cured by the mortgage that is fore |
closed in this suit; the same being re- |
ceived at such price or value as shall |
be equivalent to the amount that the |
holder or holders thereof would be |
entitled to receive thereon in case the |
entire purchase price were paid in
cash; the amount allowed upon each
bond or coupon so received shall be
written or stamped thereon as a total
or partial payment thereon, as the
case may be. Said property is sold
under the terms of a final decree,
rendered on the 10th day of November
1896, by said Circuit Court of the
United States, in and for the Western
District of Texas, at San Antonio, in
said cause of Holland Trust Company
VS.. Rio Grande Bridge & Tramway
Company, ct al, No. 50, in Equity,
wherein plaintiff, Holland Trust Coms
pany, recovered judgment against
the defendant, Rio Grande Bridge &
Tramway Company, for the sum of
One hundred and one thousand, three
hundred and eleven (S101 ,311.00 dol
lars, with interest on eighty thousand
(S0,000.00) dollars of said sum, at the
rate of eight per cent. per annum from
the date of said decree, and interest on
the balance at six ner cent per annum