Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-02

signed Special Commissioners Of sale
will offer for sale at public auction II
the front Of the Royal street entrance
to the Market building, in the City o;
Alexandria, Virginia, at y o'clocl
noon. on Saturday, the 18th day 0:
Z April, 1918, the following real estate
situated in the City of Alexandra
Virginia, to-wit: !.
Two houses and three lots OF ground
known as No. 116 to No. 120 South
Peyton street, in the city Of AleNan'
dria. Va, on the east side OF Peytor
street, between King and Prince
streets, and bounded and described as
follows, to-wit:
l. Beginning at "a" in the center
Of an alley three (3) feet wide, on
the east side of Peyton street; thence
with said Peyton street fourteen and
one-half Q419 feet to 3d. corner to
John Vests lot; thence eastward ana
perpendicular to Peyton street, and
with John Vests line ninety-one CID
feet ten (1O) inches to &C." line OF
William Gray's: thence northward and
pcTpeHClCuidE % hihS oe1SSs
(15) feet ten I0) inches to ID" II
said line; thence westward and per
perd;cular to Peyton street eighty-tivc
1851 feet four (4) inches to the be-
ginning.
2. A lot of ground being Lot No.
80, particularly described in deed to
George A. Bossert, dated on the 18th
day of April, 1850, from Violet and
Neale. Commissioners: also
8. Lot No. 40, particularly described
in deed Go said Bossert dated the 18th
day of March, 1S47, from William II.
Peyton and being lots No. SO and 40
as marked upon plat "B' in the divl-
sion of the estate of the late Colonel
Francis Peyton, said lots fronting or
Peyton street about 80 feet each and
extend back to Gray's line, and being
the property in the City of Alexandria,
conveyed by deed dated the 9th day
of March, 1860, from Charles Javins
to William Gray and recorded in Liber
u. No. 3, folio 313 and re-recorded in
Liber V No. 3, folio $50, of the land
records Of the City of Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, to which deed reference is made
for particular description of the said
lots.
(b) A house and lot of ground on
the east side of Alfred street known as
No. 215 North Alfred street, between
Cameron and Queen streets, and
bounded as follows:
Beginning at point 176 feet Z
inches south Of Queen street, and run
ming thence north on Alfred street is
feet; thence east parallel with Queen
street 1903 feet 5 inches to an alley
forty (40) feet wide; thence south Oh
saiG alley and parallel with Alfred
street 10 feet; thence west in a
straight line to the beginning with
right Of way over said alley.
(c) A house and lot in the City Of
Alexandria, Virginia, situated on the
cast side of Royal street. between
Wolfe and Wilkes streets, known as
414 South Royal street, and bounded
as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the cas-,
side OF Royal street 1872 feet inches
south of Wolfe street, and running
thence south on Royal street 23 feet;
thence east parallel to Wolfe street
134 feet to an alley; thence north or
said alley % feet; and thence west in
direct line 134 feet to tn beginning.
with right of way over said alley.
Cd A house and lot in the City Of
Alexandria, Virginia, situated on the
west side of Fairfax street, between
Wilkes and Gibbon streets, known as
ESQ South Fairfax street land bounded
as follows:
Beginning at point or the west
side of Fairfax street AZ feet 2&
inches north of Gibbon street, and
running thence north on Fairfax street
II feet 61a inches; thence west at
right angles to Fairfax street GO feet
z inches; thence south and parallel to
Fairfax street II feet 612 inches;
and thence east in a direct line 6a
feet T inches to the beginning.
Terms of sale ,one-third cash and
the balance in equal installments Of
one and two year.. with interest at 6
per cent per annum, and reserving
title until the whole of the purchase
price is paid; or all cash at the option
of the purchaser or purchasers. Con-
veyancing at cost of PURCHASER
JOHN NJ. JOHNSON,
HOWARD w. SMITH,
Special Commissioners of Sale
|. Newell S. Greenaway, Clerk of the
Corporation Court, of the City OF
Alexandria, Virginia, do certify that
Howard w. Smith, one of the Special
Commissioners Of sale named in the
above mentioned decree, has given
bond with approved security as re-
quired by said decree.
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY,
I5-td Clerk.
Auction Sale Of valuable factory
property, generally known as the
Pioneer Mills
Pursuant TO the terms of deed Of