West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-11-07
In Equity.

Y In Ent
Buckhorn Portland Cement '"
Co, corporation, and
others, defendants
BY virtue of a decree pronounced and
entered in the above entitled cause on the
| Ist day OF October, 1901. by the said Circuit,
Court of the United States for the Northern
District OF West Virginia. the undersigned
who was by said decree appointed a Special
Commissioner for the purpose will on
Thursday, December 18th, 1901,
between the hours of 10 a. m and a D. m.
sell at public auction on the premises on
the East Side of Cheat River about two
miles north OF the town of Rowlesburg in
portland District of the County of Preston,
State OF West Virginia. all the property of
the Buckhorn Portland Cement Company
In the bill and proceedings in said cause
mentioned and described. that is to say,
all those two certain tracts of land bounded
and described according 10 a survey thereof
made by Julius X. Monroe, ESQUIRE Civil
Engineer and Surveyor, at Kingwood,
| Preston county. West Virginia July 4th,
1902 ana situate in the County OF Preston
in the State of West Virginia Being the
same land conveyed to the Buckhorn Port
land Cement Company by deed dated the
Isl day OF Jolly, 1909. and of record in the
once OF the Clerk of the County Court of
Preston county. Deed Book 3d. page Iao and
accurately and specifically described and
set out by metes and bounds in certain
| deed OF trust or indenture of mortgage
made by the said defendant. Buckhorn
Portland Cement Company to the plaintiff
The Equitable Trust Company of the CITY
| OF Philadelphia, Pa, which is recorded in
the office of the Clerk of the County Court
OF preston County. West Virginia in Deed
o .l rust BOOK TO- page 10. said deed of
trust or indenture of mortgage bearing date
the Ist day OF July. 1909 together with all
and singular the manufacturing plant
factories. Office buildings. shops. sheds
sIaoies, barns scales. buildings machinery
nXtuECC tTaCkC IND ,xf. Ln.,-
description whatsoever erected or CON
structed on the lands above described and
All the tools. implements. equipment and
otner property used in and about the bust
ness and operations of the said defendant
Buckhorn Portland Cement Company, and
All OF the appurtenances whatsoever there
unto belonging, or in anywise appertaining
ana also together with certain corporate
I,shtS and franchises OF the defendant
buckhorn Portland Cement Company, all of
whlch are FULLY set out in the said deed of
trust or indenture of mortgage last named
put there is excepted and reserved from
ms SAFE certain property Of Edward Lupton
VINO mas authority of the Court to remove
the same from the premises; and the
property set out in the petitions of b. f.
Sturtevant Company and the Good Roads
Machlne Company: which is reserved from
this sale unless before the day of sale the
Court should hold it to be the property Of
the Buckhorn Cement Company in which
event II will be included and sold And
tne property OF the Buckeye Engine Com
pany as set out in its petition is to be sold
separately and separate account thereof
kept. That is TO say the said Commissioner
VIII sell all the property of the Buckhorn
portland Cement Company of every nature
whatsoever. with the exceptions and reser-
Vations made In that said decree of October
ISt, 1901.
The said tracts OF land are estimated to
contain about one thousand acres upon
which is found the strata of cement pro.
ducing rock The plant of the said Com
pany IS situate on said land on the East
SIDE oil Cheat River about two miles north
OF the town Of Rowlesburg in the District
county and state aforesaid. IL Is a large
MODERN plant (unhnished) equipped with
the pest machinery for the manufacture of
cement. And is on the line of the Cheat
Valley Railroad
IEkMS OF SALE.--The said decree
provides that the property shall be sold to
tue highest responsible bidder. for one
third OF the purchase price cash in hand on
day OF sale and the residue In two equal
installments on a credit OF six and twelve
months. taking from the purchaser interest
oearlng notes with security to be approved
by the Court. the legal title TO said property
20 DC retained as further security until al
the purchase money is paid.
Melville D. Post
Special Commissioner.
Melville ID. Post. the above named Spe.
Slal commissioner has executed and filed a
pond with approved security in the penalty
ottwo hundred thousand dollars as required
by the decree In the foregoing cause
l. B, DELLIcRER
Clerk ". S. {. e.
Northern Dist w. Va
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