Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-09
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
THOMAS l.. CARTER. AUCTIONEER.
Auction Sale of the Washing
ton-Virginia Railway System.

glnla. on the 2Sth day OF January 1927. in
pending entitled The Pennsyivania Company
LOT insurance on Lives and Granting Anntti-
nary and nirs, ,pi, T., ,I-loia haltSd AZ &
rendered on March ] 1. 1921 by the Supreme
Court Of the District of Columbia. holding an
Equity Court. in the cause therein depending
| having the same title and being No. 4lg54 IN
and approving the first mentioned decree in
SO lar as any propertes. rights and franchises
pany. located in the District Of Columbia
are coneernedls the undersigned, who by the
pointed Special Commissioners for the pur-
n6oseR %i 9 2.td tor sale at public aucto1 at
the City, Of A " Xirginia on TUES:
O'CLOCK NOON. the following properties free
of all liens.
First: An the properties. rights and fran.
chises which are now subject to the lien of
| the Washington Alexandra and Mount Yer
ION RAILWAY mortgage. bearing date ON March
| chises arc. briefly. described as follows:
, al anu J,i'i uiSI the me or lines OF rail
eXandria ami Mount Vernon Railway Com
pany. including the franchise TO maintain and
operate railway over and upon the follow
Beginning at the gate Of Mount. Vernon in
thence running through said County across
Great Hunting Creek 90 tho corporate limits
OF the City OF Alexandria thence through the
thereof and the COUNTY Of Arlington. thence i1s
thnToTu1gh SAID County OF Arlington and over
through
into the CITY of Washington. District OF CO.
lumbid. at Fourteenth and Water Streets
SW- THENCE north on Fourteenth Street TO
tenth and a Half street. n w thence north
O, Thirteenth and % Half Street 70 J. Street.
wv thence, east on Street 70 the Terminal
! station at the corner Of Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania Avenue. NV. thence south on
twelfth street 90 c Street. NV. thence west
1 on Street TO Fourteenth Street NV
thence south on Fourteenth Street to Water
Street. S.W-. together with all rights of way.
| franchises. rights. licenses ard privileges per
tanning thereto. together with such rights a
! the Washing toni Virginia Railway Company
| may he entitled to under a certain lease at
premises known Is 200 and 1902 Pennsy-
which rights are subject to adjudication In
me consolidated chancery suit entitled The
Lives and Granting Annuities against the
ngton-Virginia Railway COMPANY above
mentloned. pending in the Supreme Court OF
t NE District OF Columbia. being known as No.
And with all improvements. plant. pas
| senger and other deDots. freight houses sta
lon houses machines. boilers. machine shops
roliIng stock consisting of eight motor pas
senger cars. one motor parlor car six motor
Irelght and service cars, seven trailer passen-
cars; all roadbed and the approximations and
ea S IS, placed thereon. ali shop ground. yards
Gnu otieI IeaI estate mentioned and described
IN said mortgage. all rails tracks sidings
loops. switches. bridges fences. viaducts crl-
nerts mans mechanical and electrical equip
nS5nlS' electrlcal line constructions. wires
poIes structures. buildings. machinery FIX
! I tnrss motors. tools indictments. materials
apDarat9s. appliances. construction and eanip.
m n.n OF whatever kind. description or char
actef. Whlch belonged to the said Washing
ton Alexandria and Mount Vernon RaiJwav
oO,HpdHy az tne time SAID mortgage was ex-
9ulred by said Company and became subiect
| t3 me zen OF said mortgage. including ten
and suburban Motor Vehicle COMPANY. Of
ssbbss pd[ naiue OF enc hundred dollars per
company issued and outstanding and an fba
ii1e hSs9I1 CetuHcates 10 oDerate motor bus
We i oeiWeen the terminals OF the washington.
ngirglnia ,Railway Company al Fairfax Court
Pp ennse;;, slf:glnia, and Twelfth Street and
III fcr over THE, the Lee Highway and five Fa9eo
passerger bsn s'fee. car type. twentynine
rrs Seebono: All the properties. rights and
Of IN i's e. which are now subject TO the liens
Irli me JhIee mortgages of the Washington
arnisIol x Fails Church Railway Companv
and sep GtaId on 'ul {od 1s95 April l. 1908
da SpeI ales rights and franchises are briefly
y,e nv i tne system OF electric railway. for
HH'eF y ikfno%n as the WASHINGTON Arlington
T,ta ans Us Church Railway Company. Sit
me state of Virginia. including a linz ~ ~
IinEton ~ ON III kossiSn N the County Of AZ.
o. Fairfax, the line extending from Ci G,.y
nm "a te County of Arlington 20 The, point
mace with the line formerly knosss al, Is
R s;Iiadllg Ton on Alexandria and Mount verpnn
called and known az Arlington InSct gieneFaiS
ttnle me extending from R0ssIyn aforess;S
sether with all It's coDnecting luton To-
bHaTIhhs. switches. shops harms and s Ssut.
hind all Of its roadbed, rights Of yay t s GI,esy
tragkage contracts. all its licenses frns 81 ~, ~
OnIIed states government nermittipI X me me
Grafton of its lines on the Goyprnn,imng me on
ss,1so tIn Arlington COUNTY All bu;f Tdssss
or connected with its rosdbed ali p,fsiices or
eIedte IN Arlington and Fairfax CoUntsas ic ~,
Iixt1nSa n1os utner machinery, appliances and
ton tIsiss operatlng appliances am rlnfpriaIs
tt IDOLS and lmpements renairs and re,sf, III.
lures, rolling stoeG once fnmlture and FIX
passenger motor cars three freiebt s,,a
seryicee , n19i1sor cars and one freight and
~, III, 4ther property, rights franchises eas 1I
ton or S, ~ ralp1nurtenances of any descrip-
Ch,I, Hn1snlngton. Arlington and FaIIs
S es;d railway Company at the time the
: Sdlu 4nortgages We're executed bv II or vrbinb
were subsequently, acquired bv said ConnsnI1t
@nIo became subject to the lien of said mort
f-s THIRD Al the properties. rights and
len IjtSne ~ which are now subject to the
"a January 1. 1920. and not subieet 10 he
MORTGAGES; as above mentioned which, el nynn.
sctibe.d rights and franchises are briefly de-.
- Two PASSENGER motor cars and two freight
%Iaa. scr ICE TalIer cars. which are free and
cars ava HeH Lwenty-six passenger motor
which are subject TO the lien of an eoiIi5..
me sum. of thirty-eight thousand doIisrsi
Inns egulpment trust was originally for the
2J ~ VI Two hundred and fOrty-fYe thousand
dolIars. and the SIM of two hundred and
thereon. OeeH paid
The. above properties. rights and fran.
cnIses VIII FIRST be offered for sale in sen
ssT r5t parcels as shown under the headings
hIst second~ and third. above and the high
est hid on each parcel will be noted nv III,
anetloneer then all three parcels will H.
CIefed Tor sale a whole and in the
event that the amount bid for said proper-
tles; rights. and franchises as a whole ex-
ceeds the aggregate of the bids for the
separate parts parcels then the said
propertes. rights and franchises shall he
knocked down to the highest bidder for
the whole. otherwise they will he knocised
down TO the highest bidders for the separate
parts or parcels but all sales are subject
10 ,conhrmation by the Court.
Terms OF sale: Cash A jeposit Of
twenty-five thousand dollars will he re-
CURED on the day of sale on each OF the
three parcels. or seventy-fve thousand dol
lars II Knocked down a whole and the
balance OF the purchase money must be paid
Wlthln ten days from the date of eonfirnla-
Ion OF the sale or sales by the Court
POSSESSION OF the properties will be given
as soon as the sales are confirmed and the
purchase price Is paid in fun.
J. *. NJ. NORTON
JOHN s. BARBOUR
EDWARD HOPKINSON JR
GARDNER L. BOOTHS
Special Commissioners of Sale
/. f. W. RICHARDSON Clerk of Circuit
Court Of Fairfax County Virginia do here
by certify that Gardner L. Bootte one Of
the above mentioned Special Commissioners
of sale, has entered into hpud with