Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-25
AUCTION SALES
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE, M
PROVED RIVER FRONT
TRACT OF LAND KNOWN
AS "COLLINGWOOD."

4 Ry virtue of authority vested in me
by deed of trust dated April End,
1915, from Clayton E. Emig and wife
to me as Trustee, recorded in Liber
w, No. 7, page 242, of the land re-
cords of Fairfax County, default hav-
| ing been made in the payment OF the
\ debt thereby secured, and in the per-
Torrance of the. covenants and con-
ditions contained therein, and at the
! direction of the party secured thereby,
| will offer for sale at public auction,
on the premises at two o'clock, p. M,
on Tuesday, the 5th, day of Septem,,
Der, 1916, that tract of land situated
in Mount Vernon Magisterial Dis
trict, Fairfax County, Virginia, on the
! line of the Washington Virginia Rail
! way, and bordering on the Potomac
River, and bounded as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the
| Potomac River at low water mark
/ thence North, eighty-three and one,
fourth degrees; West fifteen ana
forty-six one hundredth chains to
stake in the lane or private road OF
said first parties, thence with the
center of said road, south slXty-tWo
degrees and five minutes; West, eight
and fifty hundredth chains; North
seyenty-nine degrees and twenty-five
minutes; West, twenty-seven and
seventy hundrcdth chains to a small
bridge; North sixty-eight degrees and
forty minutes; West, ten and eighty
hundredth chains to stake in the
center of the county road; thence
With said County road South twenty
and one-fourth degrees; West, sixteen
and thirty hundredth chains to an
other stake in the center of said road5i
thence leaving said road with the line
IF Charles F. Wilkins, South sixty
five degrees and thirty-fve minutes;
East, seventy and fifty hundredth
chains to low water mark on the
Potomac River, (passing a leaning
Willow tree with top broken off, near
high water mark thence with the
Potomac River shore at low water
mark, in a NortheESy course to the
point or place of beginning; contain
ing one hundred and fifty-six acres of
land, more or less.
Subject to a decd of trust for three
thousand dollars $4,000 COY, on one
hundred (100) acres of the western
portion of said tract, executed byI
Clayton e. Emig and wife, and duly
Of record amongst the land records of
fairfax County.
The property will first be offered
IN two separate parcels in the follow
ng order, to-wit:
! First: The whole of the said tract
Of one hundred and ffty-siX (156)
acres, except about thirteen 13)
acres conveyed by Clayton E. Emig
TO Leila D. Emig, and described be-
cow. If the foregoing tract does not
bring 4 sufficient amount to satisfy
the said trust, taxes and expenses of
sale, then
Second: The remainder of said or
gina tract comprising about thirteen
i13) acres which was conveyed by
Clayton E. Emig to Leila D. Emig,
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the
Potomac River at low water mark.
running thence North S3 IA degrees
Vest Is and 46-100 chains to stake
N the private lane or road of the
i;arty of the first part; thence run
ming with the centre Of said road
South 81 degrees 5 minutes West, 8
and 50-100 chains excepting however,
the triangle aggregating cne-half
acre sold to E. a. Thompson by
agreement Of October &c, 1915: thence
running South 20 degrees Is minutes
West, distance of 225 feet; thence
running along line South 70 degrees
% minutes, East in straight course
until said line intersects the Potomac
River at low water mark; thence in
! Northerly direction along The said
River shore, and at low water mark
of said Potomac River to the place
of beginning. Containing about thlr-
teen acres Of land more or less.
If the said two parcels together do
not bring sufficient amount to nav
the said deed of trust, taxes and cy-
pcnscs of sale, then the said Dropcrtv
will be offered as whole.
Terms Of Sale: Cash, conveyancinc
1T the cost of purchaser.
A deposit of one thousands dollars
| Isl 900. o0) cash will be required
when the property is knocked down
to the purchaser, and ten days will
be allowed for examination Of title
and completion of purchase.
ARTHUR BLANCHARD.
Trustee.
Howard w. Smith. Attorney. 191-16t