The weekly messenger., 1914-04-18

Under and by virtue of and In compliance with
o decree and order of sale by the honorable the
United States District Court for the Eastern
District Of Louisiana. Honorable Rufus IL
Foster, judge in the matter entitled Erie city
Iron Works VS.. Cecilia Sugar Company. Ltd.
Docket No. 14,62?, said decree and order
rendered and signed March -, 1914, anu
directed TO Alfred +. Billings. Special Master,
I will offer for sale by public auction On
WEDNESDAY, MAY G, 1914. at 10 o'clock a. m,
at the front door OF the parish courthouse. in the
town OF st. Martnvile. In the parish OF 81.
Martin. in the State OF louisiana. all ana SIN
gular the hereinafter described property oi
said defendant as per inventory on file In
the clerks office Of said court, to which
in the manner and on the terms hereinafter
stated, all in strict conformity with said decree
and order Of sale, to wit:
REAL ESTATE.
A. FIRST-A certain tract Of land, containing
n5.I3l fifteen and seventy -three-one hundredtbr
arpents more or less, superficial area, aud SIT
uated in the parish Of st. Martin. state or
Louisiana bounded follows: On the north by
a line commencing at an iron post Bayou
Teche. and running east distance of 1Sl eight
ecn rods, which lire divided the property of the
vendor from that Of D. Calais. Jr.. and Alex
IIebert, to the New Ibera and Northern Rail.
road. thence along the said New Iberia and
Techc. distance OF nI.25l seventeen anil
twenty five -hunJrcdths rods on the boundary
line between the lands of the vendor and those
ut ID. X /. Calais: thence along said Bayou
Teche to ~ starting point, distance OF ,6.32l
six and thirty tWo-hdndrcdths rods. all more or
less. as I,cr plat of survey made by .. o.
GutekJmst parish surveyor, on the Sth Of May,
1912, aud annexed to the act Of sale. together
with all the ways rights and scrvitudes appcr-
SECOTD-Another tract of land adjoining the
Above and containing 23loo acres In area. de
scrhed as follows: beginning at the juncure
Of the line which divided the land of the Ceci-
la Sugar Company from that Of ID. l.; Calais
with the New Iberia and Northern Railroad.
haOf a he "A
distance of 2GO feet: thence a line running
diagonally 10 the aforementioned boundary iiac
and down the said boundary line to the begin
ming.
BUILDINGS.
TIIIHD--Thc factory b1ilding Of structural
steel frarle Throughout 100 feet wide and 200
Of land. i portion of said huiiding 12O feet long
is single span construction. with single gable
double span construction, with double gable roof
without louvres. The complete building Is COW
cred with corrugated galvanized steel. and is
supplied with metal wire glass windows. and
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 houac and supply warehouse.
MACHINERY. ETC.
The machinery and fixtures of various kinds
constituting the mil designed for the grinding
Of sugar cane. and the manufacture Of sugar
and molasSes therefrOm. GA two ton roll cane
crushcr with housings. shafts. wheels.
top caps. bearing hrasses. pressure regulator
and one heavy duty type Corliss engine equipped
with the usual mountings and fittings. sold TO
the defendant by the Pratt Engineering Com
pany and which are not in possession of tho
receiver excepted from this sale. although
contained in the before mentioned factory build
inc)
BOILERS.
SIX high pressure horizontal return tubular
boilers, each seventy eight inches In diameter
and eighteen feet long: each boiler contains
ci-hiy-eisht four-inch tubeS. and Is suppli,sl
with all fittings and fixtures DecesSary for its
operation. The boilers are set with sheet steel
castings. which are made that the boilers set
in three batteries Of two boilers each; the cas-
ings made 81 that the boilers have a division
wall between them and ear De operated inde-
pendently Of the other boilers: each battery
Of two boilers is supplied with one Inverted
''Y' brecching. made Of :-16-inch steel Each
battery OF two boilers has one smoke stack J6''
in diameter by 10 high above ground. resting
on top OF the brccching: the lower half of the
stack is made of No. gauge steel and the
uppor half OF No. 10 gauge steel: each stack has
stack cover made in two sections. The boilers
are supported by heavy steel gaiows frame
sufficiently strong to support the boilers when
filled with water and the boilers are furnished
with all regular fittings and fixtures also six
hagasse hoppcrs made of cast iron, one for each
boiler. The boilers provided with one steam
drum. header. 2I'' In diameter and So long
extending the complete setting and rest.
Ing 10 cast iroo cradles placed top Of the