Evening star., 1898-10-19
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS,
DUNCANsoN BROS. AUCTIoNEERs.

IUP,c5AI G6bhns SAFE OF ALL AND SINGULAR, THE
EkAXcHIsES. EE AZ RIGiI1s OF WAY AND PROP;
THE BELT RAILWAY COMPANY. VA ->' VI
| Matthias Ament.
trading as NJ. Ament
Complainant. In Equity No 1851.
The Belt Railway Com
Defendants
| Pursuant to the decree entered in the above en-
Of Columbia, holding a special term in Equity on
! the twenty-fourth day of December. 1897, and .he
ct Of eunba on g' the Gay sf
August. 1898, and to the decree entered therein in
holding special term in Equity the twenty
first day of September, 1898, the undersigned, the
s1d viii on the WP M pay Of NoyEM ~
| office of the Belt Railway Company. at Eleventh
and Of in of ses or S i a
| entirety, all and singular the corporate rights,
privileges and franchises, rights OF way and prop
| erty, real, personal and mixed, Of the Belt Rail-
The lines Of said Belt Railway Company.
ssting of about fifteen miles of single track
| which is composed Of about seven and seventeen
| twenty-sx onehundredths miles of single track, as
| fully described in the said decree OF December
Beginning for the First street west at
the point of its intersection with Maryland avenue
| trict of Columbia, and running thence north along
| said First street and New Jersey avenue 10 q
| street rcrth; thence west along said street to
| Fourth street west; thence north along said Fourth
street and New Jersey avenue to 2 street north:
| thence west along sail street to Eleventh street
| west; thence south along said Eleventh street to
q street north thence west along said f street to
| Fourteenth street west; thence south along said
| Fourteenth street to street south; thence east
wardly along said street south to Virginia aye
nue. southwest thence eastwardly along said Viz,
| giria avenue to its intersection with Maryland
and hense E eastwardy along M said , Nay y
beginning; also along street north between
Fnnirg at I the intersectien Of Eleventh and Boun-
dairy streets northwest. and running thence south
the main line at street north; also beginning at
the intersection of Eleventh and + streets north
to Ninth street west: thence south along said
Ninth street right of way over and the use Of
CompaEy's own tracks westwardly along said
line at Twelfth street west: thence south on
Twelfth street to street south where it inter
nencing at the intersection OF Virginia avenue and
along ss EsVens to W
and thence southeastw ardly along said Water
G e sd%
commencing at the intersection Of Ohio avenue and
south along said fourteenth street to street
south with turnouts aid switches; together with
granted prior to the aforesaid decree of December
Also the following described pieces and parcels
Of ground and premises situated in the city of
Washington. District of Columbia:
| Original lots numbered four a. and five t6) in
square numbered three hundred and four lso4,;
containing about 18,oO5 square feet: also original
hundred and seventy y-scven @ SD containing about
hv az OF oa
| ,S5s square feet. together with the improve
oen street % na all
easements rights, privileges and appurtenances
Also all s the horses. $. harness cars grain fools
inducements en- and personal property OF whatever kind
the possession of the receiver thereof.
Also the corporate rights. privileges and iran
chises possessed by the said Belt Railway Com
For more particular description of all the fore,
said SsSssf 4 sssRss5 3sh s'
cember oath, 1897 as follows:
The said sale shall he conducted as, as follows
| and franchises overed by and embraced in said
deeds o. trust and described In this decree said
valuation, appraisement extension or redemption.
sns not @ nfneGs in m or do sf
with it at the ;.me e making the bid as pledge
cepted by the trustee and ratfed by the court the
| sum of five thousand dollars cash by certified
| franchises shall be sold there shall be paid in
| cash at ths tune Of the sale the cash deposit
part of the purchase price, and also within five
days thereafter such further portion of such pur-
chase price shall be paid in cash as ten days prior
order to the expenses of this suit and to pay
such amounts the court may adjudge to be due
and prtF in equity to the said deeds of trust The
the the right R to set aside any sale made
and franchises upon failure of any purchaser for
tweny days to comply % WIN amy "rasr % @ 61 tne So
price required to be paid in cash may either be
COED such baIance Of his bid in Whole or in part BY
paying and surrendering the outstanding bonds
hereinbefore referred to- such bonds coupons be-
ing received at such price or value as shall be
holders thereof would he entitled to thereon in
the entire purchase price were paid In cash All
payment shall be surrendered the trustee and be
Cancelled II the whole amount due thereon is applied
amount is applied then the so applied shall
be described or written upon the said bonds and
The said balance of the purchase price, whether
payable in money bonds shall be paid in equal
ty sixty, ninety and one hundred and twenty dnys,
respectively from the date of the ratification of the
sale.
LAS soon the sale is made, herein pro-
vided for in pursuance of this decree. the trustee
shall report the to this court for cOnfrma-
tion, further certifying to the court compliance
by the purchaser or purchasers; with the cond-
bids shall be accepted by the court and the per-
or persons making the same shall fall to
orders of the court with respect thereto, the sum
BY the bidder shall Be forfeited and
The amount that the purchaser chaser will be required
sale is not less than S62, 600, and will exceed
$4,000 which includes the amount found due and
payable by the DEGREES above named. and the
amounts of the claims for wages. supplies, etc,
required to be paid by the of Congress ap-
proved June a. 1898. entitled An act to define
the rights of purchasers Of the Belt Railway
Company and for other purposes
Attention Of bidders is called to the aforesaid
act Of Congress approved June "A, 1898, whereby
the purchaser at the sale under said decree shall
possess and enjoy all the corporate rights, prfvi-
1eges and franchises heretofore conferred upon the
said Belt Railway Company, and whereby obliga-
tions imposed upon the purchaser with ref
erence TO the underground electric reequpment of
said road
All conyeyances, including tax at the
purchasers cost
AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO.,
Trustee.
Oc12-dts c. ]. BELL President
G. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTS., 14O7 G ST NV