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| Matthias Amept,
Complainant. In Equity No. l7,ssl.
The Belt Railway Com
| Pursuant to the decree entered in the above en-
titled cause by the Supreme Court of the District
the twenty fourth day Of % December. 1897 and the
decree entered tI the Court of Appeals of the Dis
August, 1898, ana to the decree entered therein in
the supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
first day of September, isss, the undersigned, the
American Security and Trust Company II Wash
viii on se 'FTff s2aff b ihs or
| BER 1898, AT TWO t2) O'CLOCK PM, at the
Of and hf efd fSway aenu in s City at i wasn't
ing.on, District of Columbia, offer for sale, an
privileges and franchises, rights OF way and prop
ery, real, personal and mixed, Of the Belt Rail
The lines Of said Belt Railway Company con-
sistins of about fifteen miles OF single track,
| one hundredths miles of double track and one and
Gnehqndredths & h miles & OF single track; ss
| "a. 1897. follows:
| Beginning for the same First street west at
the point of its intersection with Maryland avenue
in front of the Capitol, in Washington city, Dis
ssd f FIRST sreet ana ana ew %
| street rorth; thence west along said street to
street snd New Jersey avenue to street north:
thence west along sal street to Eleventh street
street north; thence west along said E street to
| Fourteenth street west; thence south along said
Fourteenth street to street south; thence east
wardly Hlong said street south TO Virginia ave-
| nue. southwest; thence eastwardly along said Nir-
avenue and thence eastwafdIy along said Nay.
land avenue to First street west, the place Of
| Fourth and Eleventh streets west: also be-
ginning at the intersection of Eleventh and Boun
along said Eleventh street TO its intersection with
the main line at p street north; also beginning at
the intersection of Eleventh and streets north
west and running thence east along said + street
Ninth street right Of Wsy over and % the use Of
| the tracks of the MetGopolton Railway Company
own tracks ana by a sa
Louisiana avenue to Its intersection with the main
Twefth street to Street South where it inter-
| sects the main line at Twelfth street; clso com
| Eleventh street southwest and running thence
south along said Eleventh street 10 Water street
street to Seventh street west. and thence south
along said Seventh street to street south; also
commencing at the intersection Of Ohio avenue and
south along said fourteenth street to street
south, with turnouts ard switches, toget ther with
all other extensions made or rights Of extension
granted prior to the aforesaid decree of December
Also the following described pieces and parcels
Of ground and premises situated in the city Of
Washireton District of Columbia:
Original lots numbered four a. and five b in
square numbered three hundred and four 900;
containing about 1905 square feet; also original
hundred and seventy 90, containing about
three hundred and thirty $3.50. containng about
$50 feet together with the
and other street railway structures and all ways.
pr IN sa
Also all the horses. harness cars, grain, tools.
by SAID Be Raay cpany and in
the possession OF the receiver thereof: 49,, x-,
chises possessed by the said Belt Railway Com
pany.
said dsGsse f EsseR5 RS 2tEh TEkMs 1921 Or SALE
These are prescribed in the said decree Of De-
that is to say. "a offering and selling the property
and franchises overed by and embraced in said
trustee shall sei the same as an entirety without
valuation. appraisement, extension or REDEMPTION: on
who shall not first place in its hands or deposit
with it at the me m r making the bid as pledge
cepted by the and ratified by the court. the
Of % h e d McS said Or n ae
franchises shall be sold there shall be paid in
hereinbefore REQUIRED, which shall be received
a part of the purchase price, and also within five
chase price shall be paid in cash ten days prior
to the date of ale the court may direct in
such amounts the may adtudge be due
and prior ir equity the said deeds of The
court reserves the right to Set aside any sale made
by the trustee and resell said premises property
and franchises upon failure of any purchaser for
twenty days to comply with any order Of the court
requiring payment. The balance OF the purchase
price not required to be paid in cash either be
paid in cash the purchaser may satisfy and make
good such balance OF his bid. in whole or in part by
paying over and surrenderng the outstanding bonds
hereinbefore referred to- such bonds and coupons be-
ing receiyed at such price or value as shall be
holders thereof would be entitled to thereon in
6 sT 1 a ay be add sed tn tn make se
payment shall be surrendered to the trustee and be
upon the pu price. but if less than the whole
amount Is applied, then the amount so applied shall
coupons which shall then be returned to the holder.
The said balance of the purchase price; whether
fnstallments twenty five per cent thereof in thr
ty, sixty ninety and one hundred and twenty days.
respectively from the date of the ratification of the
sale
,.As soon the sale is made as herein pro
vided for in pursuance Of this decree the trustee
shall report the same to this court for conhrma-
ton further certifying to the court compliance
tions Of sale as hereinbefore described. II any
bids shall be accepted by the court and the per-
comply with all the conditions of sale and all
orders of the with respect thereto, the
shall nHSis be applied as the court may direct anu
The amount that the purchaser will he required
sale is not less than $62 o0O, and will exceed
$4,000. which includes the amount found due and
payable by the decrees above named and the
UNITS Of the claims for wages supplies, etc,
required to be paid by the act of Congress ap-
proved June "a 1895. 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, privi
leges 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 re-eQuipment of
said road.
All conyeyances, including tax, at the
purchasers cost.
AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO.,
Trustee.
oc12-dts c. j. BELL. President
C. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTS., 1407 G ST. NV