The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
RANKRUPrCY TRUSTEES PUBLIC SALE
or the valuable "Catoctin Furnace" Property
and Personal Property Connected There
with, in Frederick County, Maryland.

OF the valuable "Catoctin Furnace Property
and Personal Property Connected There
with, in Frederick County, Maryland.
By virtue OF the authority and under the
terms OF the order Of the Hon. Thomas ]
MOrris, Judge Of the Unit y ats District
Court for the District OF Maryland i'm Bank :
ruptcy. aud passed on the date November X.
IN he y ear 1905, and in the suppen ents
order OF said court, passed ON the date De-
coinber IL, in the year 1915, IN the case
wherein Frank FORMER, et al are the plain
tins ana the Blue Mountain Iron and Steel
company OF Baltimore City, n corporation
is the defendant, and being No IO2S, Bank.
rupts, in Bank upt Docket ''E" in said court
we, the undersigned, TIu,tees In bankruptcy,
VIII oiier at public sale, on the premises AZ
the once Building, at Catoctin Furnace in
FREDERICK County, Maryland, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY ~ In the year 1908
beginning at the hour OF II O'Clock moor. mi
the real estate OF which the blue Mountain
IRON and Steel Company of Baltimore City
was seized and possessed at the time OF the
ming OF the petition in bank ruptcy against
IL, and which has come into the possession of
said trustees.
Said real estate consists OF the Quantity Of
lo,66 ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, situated lying and being In Me-.
chantcstown, Lewistown, Hauvers, and Catoc-
tin Districts In Frederick County MARYLAND
and being all the real estate as described in
the deed from barry p. Gorsuch. Ell al. RE-
celvers TO Ernest Sharp, dated April H. 1899.
and recorded In Liber b. IL. H., No. 8. folio
GA, etc, one of the land re ords OF Frederick
County, Maryland. This property is COM
monty known as the Catoctin Iron Works,
was formerly owned by Col. John Baker
Kunkel, and is located about IL miles north
nom Frederick, and about 3 miles south
nom Thurmont. which is on the Western
Maryland Railroad at which place IL is con-
nected by means OF the Monocacy Valley
Railroad, a bout three miles in length.
This property Is improved with:
(a1 A [ OKE FURNACE with fnry,,ar
capacity of about 40 tons per day.
a. A large FRAME STORE AND OFFICE
lcl A large twostory. well.buIt, IS room
DWELLING HOUSE, with necessary out
ldJ CARPENTER and BLACKS SMITH
SHOPS, CARRIAGE. LUMBER and CORN
HOUSES, STABLES for 80 horse, etc
(el About 80 TENEMENT HOUSES for the
use of the employees about and at the furnace
There are on these lands large deposits of
hematite iron ore, which are rsadi Access
sible, have long been mined and are believed
TO be practically inexhaustibe The ore Is
ofexcellent quality, In close proximity to the
furnace, to which IT is carried by a standard
guage track about one mile in length from
the large ore banks
A deposit OF magnetic iron ore of supposed
great richness has been traced for two miles
upon the property. These deposits OF mag
netic ore are undeveloped further than by a
number OF shallow shaf $. but there is be.
lieved TO be a large deposit of this ore
There are also believed to be on these lands
large beds OF ochres and umbers of rich
shades and of q superior quality capable of
being mined and prepared at very low cost.
There are also large quantities of pure
white flint upon the property, a quarry which
is now open.
Large quantities OF fine chestnut timber,
with some locust and poplar trees, are upon
the greater portion of this large tract OF land
About 900 acres OF this land are subject to
two annuities OF $500 each, in favor OF Mary
Catherine Kunkel and Amelia Frances Kun
KEEL nn6aF the will Of Tnhn Kun nj oil
Many thousand carloads of Stag or furnace
refuse are also on the property, and which is
valuable and easily sold at a good profit for
railroad ballast.
Little Hunting Creek runs through the
property, and Is believed TO be capable of
furnishing water power OF about 1900 horse
power at the furnace for electrical or other
purposes
This property will be offered as a whole,
and should command the attention of iron
producers and users throughout the country.
IL Is a VALUABLE property and can be made to
yield large returns for investment of capital.
A plat OF the property can be seen by appi.
cation TO the trustees.
Imm ediately after the sale Of the real estate
the trustees will also offer at public sale many
articles of pers nal property on the premises,
including Barnhart Improved, (Style "A")
lMyard steam Shove made by Marion
steam Shovel Company; large Ore Jig and
Washer, made by the McLanah n stone Ma
chine Comp my, and numerous othtr articles
Terms of Sale of the Real Estate. One third
ton thereof by the court. the residue in two
equal annual payments, the pur haser or pur-
chasers giving his, her, or their promissory
notes for the deferred payments, bearing I'M
terest from the ratification of the sae, and
with sureties approved by he rustees, or all
cash, at the option of the purchaser
A cash deposit or certified check in the sum
OF 5000 Will be required from tue purchaser
of the real es ate at the time of the sale.
ON the personal property. all sums of $50
ana under, cash; and on all sums over $50
dix IN
payable six months after date, bearing inter-
est, and with a surety thereon approved by
the trustees
All conveyancing costs at the expenses Of
the purchaser.
For further Information inquire of the I'M
dersigned.
L. b. KEENE CLAGGETT.
100 East Lexington Street,
Baltimore. Md.
JACOB ROHRBAUK,
Frederick. Nd.
CHARLES G. WATERS,
Frederick, Md.
Trustees in Bankruptcy.
c. ANDRADE. JR.
Whitehall Building,
IL Battery Place,
New York.
j. KEMP BARTLETT,
100 East Lexington Street,
Baltimore. Md.
Attorneys for Trustees.
dec. 10 lot