Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20
AUCTION SALE.
R. F. Knox, Auctioneer.

R. F. Knox. Auctioneer.
GALE OF VALUABLE REAL AND
- PERSONAL PROPERTY in the city OF
Alexandria, Virginis, including valuable
MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDER,
ALL EQUIPMENT AND MACE l.
AND A NUMBER OF BOlLbRS, EN-
GINES. AND A QUANTITY OF BRASS.
IRON, ETC.
Pursuant 10 a decree of the CORPORATION
Court Of the city Of Alexandria, virginia,
entered on the tenth day Of October, 1907, In
a chancery cause therein depending. wherein
Charles W. Moore is the plairtiff, and 1.
Alton Moore ct ais are defendants, the under
signed will offer for sale at public auction, on
SATURDAY.
the 25th day of April. 1908, at II o'clock am,
in front Of the Market House, On Royal street,
the following real estate and penonal prop
erty in the city of Alexandra, Virginia:
The machine shop and foundry and all the
| machinery used in connection Herewith, ana
| ali patterns belonging to the firm OF w. :.
! Moore's Sons, may be sold as whole or sep
arately. Offers for the said property at PR
yate sale may be submitted at any time 6e-
fore the said sale, as a whole or separately
/ The property TO be sold is as follows
| l. All that lot Of ground beginning on the
| north side of Duke street, So feet inches
| west of Union street, and at the west line OF
An alley rs feet inches wide; and running
| thence west on Duke street II feet thence
north 100 feet: thence east II feet; and thence
south in direct line 100 feet IN the begin
ning, with the right Of way over The said alley.
2. All that lot Of ground with the dwelling
house thereon beginning on the north noe oil
Duke street 105 feet inches west oil Union
/
street % feet; thence north parallel TO Union
street 100 feet: thence east parallel to Duke
street. 20 feet, and thence south in direct
line 100 feet to the point Of beginning.
3. All that Let OF ground beginning on the
north side Of Duke street 1853 feet inc' es
west of Union street and running thence west
on Duke street 90 feet 10 inches; thence north
parallel 10 Union street 100 feet; thence east
parallel to Duke street ~ feet 10 inches;
thence south in direct line lOO feet 10 the
beginning. a.,
4. All that lot of ground with the dwelling
house aud improvements thereon, beginning
AT point on the west side Of Lee street l76
feet inches south Of Wolfe street, and run
ming thence southusrdly with Lee street 50
FEET OF inches. thence westwardly parallel to
Wolfe street l23 feet inches, thence north
wsrdly parallel to Lee street 30 feet inches;
and thence esstwardly parallel to Wolfe
street 1913 feet inches to the beginning, 10
getber 18th all rights and appurtenanees
thereto belonging or in any wise appertain'
ing. 80.
ments thereon beginning on the west side oil
I ee street 2i0 feet inches south OF Wolfe
street. and running thence south on Lee
street Is feet 3 inches; thence west parallel TO
Wolfe street 1913 feet inches; thence north
parallel to Lee street Is feet inches. and
thence east in a direct line l29 feet lnches
to the point of be ginning.
6. All that lot of gIOund in the city OF
Alexandria, Virginia with the buildings
thereon, consisting Of tive dwelling houses,
beginning in the center OF the square bounded
by Fairfax, Lee, Wolfe and Wilkes streets,
At point equally distant from Fairfax and
lee streets in one direction. and from Wolfe
and Wilkes street ia the other direction, and
st the south line Of an alley 20 feet wide, ana
running east with the line, formerly Keith's,
AZ feet; thence north parallel TO Lee street
q feet inches; thence west parallel to Wolfe
street AZ feet to the said alley and thence by
straight line to the beginning, with the right
OF way in common with others entitled there
to over strip Of land feet inches wide,
extending from the east line Of said ground
to Lac street, binding on the line formerly
Keith's.
7. All that lot Of ground with the building
thereon, used az foundry, situated on the
north size Of Duke street and west OF U 1ion
street, and their intersection, in front on
Duke street 20 feet, and on Union street 30
feet. the back lines being of the same length
respectively as the corresponding front lines,
and binding on an alley IS feet inches vide
running Forth from Duke street, and binding
| on the east line Of said property, with the
right of way over the said alley.
3. Beginning on an alley Thirty feet wide
running from Union street westwardly, at
point IS feet 9 inches west Of Union street aud
| l4B feet inches north Of Duke street, and
| running thence west on said alley 40 feet;
| thence south parallel to Union street As feet 4
| inches; thence east parallel 10 Duke street 40
| feet, 10 an alley Is feet inches wide; thence
along said last-named alley IS feet inches to
the point OF beginning, with the right Of way
over said alleys in common with others enti-
| tied thereto.
9. All that lot Of ground improved by =
| building used as a mschine shop, beginning
at the intersection Of the south side OF Duke
street with the west side Of Potomac strand,
and running thence southwardly with the
west side Of the said Potomac Strand 100 feet
TO the north line Of an alley 20 feet wide.
which extends with that width westwardly
| from said Strand distance of 80 feet; thence
westwardly with the north line OF said alley
90 feet: thence north parallel to the first line
100 feet 10 Duke street, and thence east on
Duke street 60 feet to the beginning, with the
right Of way over and the use Of said Strand
and alley in common with others entitled
| thereto.
10. All that machinery used IN connection
with the said machine shop and foundry, to-
gether with great number Of patterns used
in connection with said machine shop and
foundry, and also number Of boilers, en-
gines, and lot Of iron, brass, unions, piping, |
tools, coke, etc, and one automobile.
Terms OF sale: Cash as to personally and |
one-third cash and the balance in 6 and ~
months as TO realty, title to be- retained until
all the purchase money is paid, or all cash at |
the option of the purchaser.
Plats OF the properly and further informa-
ton at the Office Of Douglass Stuart:
J.B. N. NORTON,
DOUGLASS STUART,
Commissioners Of Sale.