The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-04-04

Under and by virtue OF and In compliance With
Q decree and order OF sale by the honorable the
United States District Court for the Eastern
District Of Louisiana, Honorable Rufus E
Foster. Judge. in the matter entitled Erie City
Iron works vs.. Cecilia Sugar Company. Ltd.
Docket No. 14,629 said decree and order
rendered and signed March "a. 1914. and
directed to Alfred &. Billings, Special Mastef'
I will offer for sale by public auction %
At the front door Of the parish courthOuse In the
town of ST Martinville. in the parish Of 81
Martin. In the State Of Louisiana. All ana sfn
the the CLERKS office Of said court. to which
reference is herein made es excepted .ts,eiss
stated, all In strict conformity with said decree
and order OF sale. to wit:
REAL ESTATE.
A. FIRSr-A certain tract Of land. containing
arpents, more or less superficial area, and sit
uated in the parish Of st. Martin. state OF
Louisiana. bounded as follows; On the north oy
Teche and running east a distance Of uS) eight
cen rods. which lire divided the property OF the
HsSs to- the New iSers and Rail
road, thence along the said New Iberia anu
Northern Railroad distance Of Is. s0l eight and
eighty hundrcdths rods. thence to the Bayou
Teche. a distance Of 11.2s, seventeen and
twenty -five-hunircdths rods on the boundary
line the lands o. the ..a
Tecbe to the starting point, a distance Of 1882
six and thirty two huniredths rods all more or
Gutckunst. parish surveyor, on the sth Of May.
1872 and annexed to the act OF sale together
with all the ways. rights and servitudes apper-
tanning thereto.
SECOND-Anotber tract Of land adjoining the
above and containing 23-l00 acres tn ara. de
Of the line which divided the land Of the Ceci-
liza Sugar Company from that Of ID. L: Calais
with the New Iberia and Northern Railroad.
&t- rfrhf of nf \
distance Of 800 feet; thence on q line running
diagonaIly TO the above toned boundary liae
and down the said boundary line to the begin
Ming
THIRD-The factory building Of structural
steel frame throughout. 100 feet wide and 200
Of land. portion OF said building 100 feet long
is single span constructor. with single gable
roof. with louvres; the balance, 80 feet Is OF
double span construction, with double gable roof
without louvres. The complete building Is COW
cred with corrugated galvanized steel. and is
sUosee Cors R.c ON said tract OF land there
is an office building. laboratory. kitchen. din
ing room. lodging house, sleeping house. black
smith shop. oil house. and supply warehouse.
MACHINERY. ETC.
The machinery and fixtures Of various kinds
constituting the mill. designed for the grinding
Of sugar cane and the m"nqractnre OF, or sugar
crusher with housings. shafts, crown wheels,
top caps. bearing brasses. pressure regulator
with the usual mountings and fittings, sold to
tn. defendant 10y the Pratt Engineering Com
pany, and which not In possession of the
receiver. excepted from this sale. although
contained in the before mentioned factory build
ing)
BOILERS.
Six high pressure horizontal return tubular
boilers. each seventy eight inches In diameter
and eighteen feet long; each boiler contains
Lightweight four-inch tubes, and Is supplied
with all fittings and fixtures Necessary for its
operation. The boilers set with sheet steel
castings. which made that the boilers set
In three batteries of two boilers each; the cas-
ings made so that the boilers have a division
wall between them and he operate indie
pendently Of the other boilers; each battery
Of two boilers is supplied with one inverted
~ breeching, made Of 3-16-inch steel. Each
battery Of two boilers has smoke stack 56''
in diameter by 40 high above ground. resting
On top Of the breeching; the lower half Of the
stack Is made Of No. gauge steel, and the
upper half OF No. 10 gauge steel: each stack has
stack cover made in two sections. The boilers
are supported by heavy steel gallows frame
sufficiently strong to support the boilers when
filled with water. and the boilers are furnished
with all regular fittings and fixtures, also six
bagassc hoppers made Of cast iron, one for each
boiler. The boilers provided with one stea n,
drum. or header. "a In diameter and 81 long.
extending scrOss the complete setting, and rest
ing In cast Iron cradles placed on top Of the