The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-04-11

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 F.
Foster iudse. in the matter entitled Erie City
Iron works vs.. Cecilia Sugar Company, Lfd''
Docket No. 14629 said decree and oroet
rendered and signed March "a, 1914, and
directed to Alfred +. Billings, Special Asster'
will offer for sale by public auction Oh
WEDNESDAY. MAY 9. i9i4 at 10 Te,oes IN @ ~:
town Of st. Martinville, in the parish OF o.
Martin. In the State Of Louisiana. all ana s'n
said defendant. IS per inventory on file In
the clerks office OF said court, to which
reference is herein made !less excepted atncses
sta ted all in strict conformity with said decree
and order Of sale, to wit:
REAL ESTATE.
A. FIRST-A certain tract Of land. ntainng
Q573) fifteen and seventy three-one hundreotns
arpeuts more less, superficial area, ana u y,
uated 10 the parish of st. Martin. state on
Louisiana, bounded as follows: On the norm sn oy
Teche. and running east a distance Of uS eight.
cen rods, which lire divided the property Of the
WaSeat to- the New fSers and Rail
road, thence along the said New o iberia ,. anu ana
Northern Railroad distance Of $50 eight and and
Tecbe. distance Of G7.259 seventeen and
twenty five hundrcdths rods on the boundary
line between the lands Of the vendor and those
OF D. J. Calais: thence along said Bayou
Teche to the starting point, a distance Of t6.32l
six and thirty -hnndreiths rods, all more or
less as per a plat Of survey made by O.: o.
Gutekunst, parish surveyor on the 9Th Of May.
1912 and annexed to the act of sale. together
with all the ways. rights and servitndes appef-
SECoND-Another tract Of land adjoining the
above and containing 23-lo0 acres IN area. de-
OF the line which divided the land Of the Ceci-
lia SUGAR Company from that OF d. l. Calais
with the New Iberia and Northern Railroad,
thopc long right Of OF said railroad q
distance Of 800 feet; thence on line running
diagonaly TO the above-men toned boundary iise
ming.
BUILDINGS.
THIRD-The factory hlilding Of structural
steel frame throughout; 100 feet WIDE ana ~ y.
Of land. A portion Of said building 120 feet long
Is single span construction. with single gable
double span construction, with double gable roof
without louvres. The complete building Is coy
cred with corrugated galvanized steel. and is
wooden floors Also. 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 manufacture OF sugar
and moasses therefrom. "a twc-tou roll cane
crusher with housings, shafts, crown wheels,
and one heavy duty type Corliss engine. equipped
with the usual mountines and fittings, sold to
tho defendant by 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
eighty eight four-inch tubes, and is supplied
with all fittings and fixtures necessary for its
operation. The boilers set with sheet stcel
castings. which arc So made that the boilers sci
In three batteries Of two boilers each; the cas-
ings made so that the boilers have n divisio,
wall between them and he operated indie
pendently Of the other boilers; each battery
Of two boilers is supplied with one inverted
''Y' breeding, made OF 3-16-inch steel. Fsacl
battery OF two boilers has che smoke stack IS
in diameter by 40 high above ground. resting
on top Of the breeching: the lower half Of thu
stack Is made Of No. gauge steel, and thu
upper half Of No. 10 gauge steel: each stack hal
stack cover made In two sections. The boiler
supported by a heavy steel gallows frame
sufficiently strong to support the boilers wher
filled with water, and the boilers are furnished
with all regular fittings and fixtures, also ri,
ha8assc hoppers made Of cast iron, one for eacl
bG0ef. The boilers are provided with one steam
drum. or header. a. in diameter and 81 loue
extending across the complete setting and rest
Ing In cast Iron cradles placed on top Of tn