Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-09-21
AUCTION SALES.
Richmond Cotton Factory
FOR SALE AT AUCTION.

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T'HE special partnership existing between the under.
! signed, in tie name Of f. 3. BENTLEY, Cotton
.nannfaetnrer, u will be dissolved by limitation ON The
9TH OF January next; and, III conformity with the arli.
cies OF partnership. entered into between them on The
Jlst OF Decent er, lel2, all the property, real and per-
,9nai' %6rion:ins 10 the said firm, will be offered at
IInLlC SALE previous To that. time.
lie real estate consists of the lot or parcel of land i'm
The cry q! Richmond, conveyed 10 the Undersigned by
Frederick Anderson and Philip Harrison, Trustees, ON
The I'll of January, 1919, and recorded the same day in
The Office OF the Hastings Court, upon which il situated
the establishment so well aud favnrabIy known as the
COTTON FACTORY, aud other build.
ing,s, with all Of tie machinery, fixtures, waller rights,
AMI pfivilr res, tiIcreunio belonging.
This valuable property will he exposed to Public sale,
~ auction, without reserve, on The premises, on WE'D
nEsDAi The lst day Of December next, ut II O'Clock,
d., and possession of the same given 10 the purchaser
or purchasers on The Isl OF January next. The terms
@. sale will he, one fourth of the purchase money to b.
paid In cash. and Il credit Of one, iva and three years,
sidue.
very considerable improvements and additions have
peen made othis property since its purchase by The pre-
Sent pioprietnrs, rendering II far more valuable than II
inal thWe. The factory building has been covered will
IN, a new Chimney and hoicr for warming the rooms
nave been put mp, tie y:aler from tie City Water Works
iis been Introduced, ard four - inch cards and fx-
lures, TWO Daisinrlh frames Of 100, aud three lhrocile
frames oi lG2 spindlrs each, have been added; an EN-
treiy new water wheel has been put IN rhe present
year; and tho other has received a new shaft, render
ing IL perfectly good.
The main factory building is buiIt of brick. with
stone basement, LA feet long and 40 feet wide in the
clear on the first nuor, is four stories high, with two Al
Hes. u contains &c looms, &c 30-inch cards and 10 Is-
inch ditto, III s~preders, 4 drawing frames, S reels, .
spooilnS frames, &c thrnslc frames, containing 2, I56
spihuies, Dansfurtii filling frames, containing SC1
spindles, : mules containing 49, spiEdlrs for cops and
WICK, D hrrssers, &c. The pickcr-house contains will
loW,f Iieke's, and tie machine ship 4 full supply of
hStlres and tools-wiii a full complement OF cans,
reeds, Iuins, %bobbins, and all of the articles used In a
wrll-conductrdc Cotton factory. In a word, the whole
establishment IL in complete order, and has been worked
with profit by ITS present proprietors.
On the premises are also I brick lumber house. IS nv
IL feet, OF two stories aud lnlt, and brick biacksmith's
shop with n.cdful tools.
The quantity of cotton used daily is about two ,l,ol-
sand pounds, and The building is of sufficient cupacity
Ia receive Il quantity Of additional machinery.
For further and more minute particulars, The public
are referred 10 the special and acting partner, and to the
superintendent nj The mill; and they are requested TO
visit and examine the premises for themselves.
ANA, on TUESDAY, the 18th Of December, will br
said, NJ the same place., lcoInnIrncing II II O'clock, A.
MI all of the persona. property belonging 10 the said
special partnership, consisting chiefly of the stock of
uznabufrs. Cotton Yarns, Plough Lines, Candle Wick
and raw Cotton, which may be then on hand; and also
five likely young NEG2uFS-tliree males and two fr-
males The terms of this sale will be cash for all sums
months from the day Of sale ON all sums over one hun
dfed dollars, for negotiable notes with approved en-
dorseTs.
THE EXECUTORS OF ANDREW BEIRNE,
RICHARD ANDERSON,
HIGH w. FRY,
]. ]. FRY,
E. b. BENTLEY.
Sale conducted by J. n. n. PAYNE, Auclionser.
Sept. 7-cwt90th SuvSdtds