Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-03-02
ADAM A. WEsCHEER Auetioner.

ADAM A. WESCHEER Auetioner,
I:AUCTION SALE Of plant, Hlachtll-
ry ana other property of the EmGF-
son Steam Pump Company.
PURSUANT to the terms of 4
decree rendered by the Corporation
/ Court of the City of Alexandria,
Virginia, on November 80, 1914, in
the consolidated chanccry causes of
Jacob n. Belt, Administrator w ". 4.
Of Randolph }. EckIof, deceased,
vs.: The Emerson Steam Pump Com
pany. ct ais, and Orrcn G.. Staples,
who sues etc, VIZ. The Emerson
Steam Pump Company, ct ais, the
undersigned, who by the terms Of
said decree were appointed Special
commissioners for the purpose,
will offer for sale at public auction,
at the plant of the Emerson Steam
Pump Company, in the County Of
Fairfax, Virginia, near the corpo-
rate limits Of the City Of Alexandria,
Virginia, at II o'clock noon, on
Monday, March IS, 1915, the plant
and all the property Of the Emerson
Steam Pump Company, briefly dcS-
cribed as follows:-
FIRST--All that tract or parcel
Of land, with the splendid factory
rnd all ether buildings and inn
( provemcuts thereon. in the village Of
West End, in tho County OF Fair
fax, Virginia, the same being bound
cd according to survey and plat
made by Joseph Berry, Us follows
10 Wit
BEGINNING at "A" Il stake on
the north side Of the Little River
/ Turnpike or Duke Street extended,
:, corner 10 Watkins; thence with
the north side Of The Turnpike north
20 degrees 30 west 1912 feet TO n
stake corner To Major; thence with
the line nf Major north Is degrees
81 cast Us feet TO a stake; !
thence north Is degrees So west
iI0.5 feet to Il stake in the line
Of Prruct; thence with thc liue Of !
ponnut north l3 degrees 81 cast !
3gj3 fee. 10 u stake on The south |!
side Of the Diagonal Road running /
from King Street TO the Little I:
River Turnpike; thence with the !!
south side of said Road north II !!
degrees s east ::;j9.S feet TO Il stake |,
the corner nf Damn; thence with The !
Inc Of Dunn south is degrees s. ,
west $50. Il feet to Il stake, n cor ;
nrr to Dunn in the line Of Watkins; !
thence with the line of Watkins ;
~. 4 l.,
to Il stake; and thence south Is de
grccS 81 vest DDS. I feet To The !
beginning with all rights and APP /
containing loss acres subject to a
light Of way on the northeast side
Of the said tract leading from the !
house nuw or formerly occupied by !
Rcincrkcr into The said Diagonal !
Road. the said right Of way being !
for the Joint use Of the owners Of !
the above described tract Of land |
and the lot Of ground adjoining on ,
HE noilhcnSt side and now or former I
]. owned by john Dunn. !
The racivry building on this pro
pcrty is 3l3 feet long and about e.
feet wide and contains besides the
pump factory Il fully equipped pat
tern shop. The building is of steel,
hrc! and cement construction, &C.
~ocrt flooring six inches deep cover
ID hy double OAK li"""in%. Carey
c"or II is only ahouL 200 yards By
road from the freight station of the
Washington-Southcrn Railway Com
pany. The plant is now iii operation.
SECOND--Thc following United
States patents on steam vacuum
pumps owned by said company, to
Wit
Patent No. I25o2i granted to
Owen K. Davis, April $, 1870.
Patent No. G2SI%2 granted TO W.
L. Emerson, July ], 1899.
Patent No. G93l2G granted T."
Felix Frcyhyld, February il, l9D2.
Patent no. 7I3l33 granted to
Robert Bruce Emerson, October %,
1901.
And ihc following patents on
rtraincrS and foot valves for suction
pipes Of pumps owned by said Com
pany. I" wit:
Patent No. T0lUJ2 granted 10 w.
X. Emerson, .Iuly s. 1907.
Patent No 79159j granted 10 vii
Fam L Emerson, July ;, 1905.
And the following patent on steam
engines owned by said Company, to
Wit
Patent No. S2SlVO granted to Viii
liam K. Emerson, August I, l9O5. and
including also ali foreign patents
issued to the said Company. or To
any person, firm or corporations for
is use or benefit, for the Inventions
.uycrcd by the patents aforesaid. III
my or them. aud including. also. all
he improvements 10 he inadc i'll said
uivcui!DnS. or amy of them, and al!
PATENTS either domestic or foreign
ISSUED to Inc said company, or To- any
person, firm ar corporation FOR 1t"
:cncIit.
TlIlED- The following machinery