Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-07
TRTSTEES, SALE-

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cation Factory, together with nearly mile
OF the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chee river, Just above the city of Columbus.
&TATE or GEORGIA, NUsCOGEE COUNTY.
~ BY virtue Of the power vested in US un-
der the terms and conditions OF a certain deed
OF trust executed TO the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. Illges, trustees, by the
columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
COgee county, State of Georgia dated March
LIST, 1894. whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed to us all of the property, real and per-
sonal, herein after described, in trust to
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (all
OF which appears duly of record in Mortgage
Deed Book ~ fOios 1857 to 373 March 5th,
1854, IN the Clerks office of Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume ., pages s! TO 50 inclusive,
March 22d, 1884, office of the Probate Court in
the county of Lee State Of Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed in the resolutions passed by the
holders of said bonds, on April oath, 1886, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
We VIII sell in the city Of Columbus. Mus.
cogee county, Georgia, on the 3D. day OF Au-
gust, 1885, between the legal hours of sale, in
'front.' Of the Auction House of r. NJ. KnOwle
Co, on the northwest corner of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street),
being the usual place for SneriiTs sales in
sap city Of Coumbus), at public OHtcry. TO
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
scribcd property Of the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wlC: All those lots and
pHfBefsof lana situated. lying ana Delng as
tollnWs:f Fractional section number twenty
Six (26l and the north half oI fractional SEQ
ton Number thirty-hve 49, both in frae-
tOnal township number eighteen tlS,,
range humber thirty C30), in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county state of
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth lSth) dis rlcg
OF Muscogee county, State of Georgia, known
as lots numbers elghty-six 1857 and eighty
seven 80 and the west half OF lot number
seventy -four (7i ana fractions numbered
ninety -one (9D ana ninety Two l92), and
Island number three 49, in Chattahoochee
river and a small enclosure situated east OF
the residence formerly occupied by j. X.
Clapp, used as a residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or less.
All OF said lands last described lying and be-
ing in the county OF Muscogee and State OF
Georgia, and together with said lands In Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty l8S0) acres more or less
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said land In
MuscOgee county, Ga. operated as a Cotton
Factory, and with all of the improvements in
any manner appendant and aPpurtenant
thereto, inclusive. OF the cards, spincles,
looms, machinery and fixtures of every kind
whatsoever contSIne0Sn said buildings; also.
all and singular the osher improvements on
al OF tho lance aforementioned and
described; also eho entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
singular the rights and franchises by the saIa
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia
The D ant Of said cotton factory consists at
present OF 4,544 spindles, lIS looms and other
suitable machinery, all In good condition aud
producing good work. Present capacity
1880 yards "a day Of heavy sheotings and shirt.
ings, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
liant, lands elevated and location Of property
Unsurpassed for health. convenience and eco
nomiCal prOductiOu-ffae from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by ali the other Colum-
bus mile, vet within three miles OF the city OF
Column bus and tbree-quarters of a mile Of
power is the finest ia the South, controlling
and embracing the whole bed Of the Chatta-
hoOchee river for the distance Of about one
mile along the lands of said company, said
lands extending along its banks upon the
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the river.
Only small portion Of the water power is
required and utilized in running the present
mill, and the natural falls in the river render
but simple Inexpensive dam ~, Of
and has fall Of forty-two and a half ia211)
feet within three-quarters % OF mile.
With a comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
Eve thousand tl25,O0el epiDdles with looms
in proportion can be driven by this water
power. Capital for the erection of additional
mills and utilization Of the immense power
now wasted is all that is needed TO make this
property the site OF prosp and popu-
ious manufacturing village. The personal'in-
spection Of capitalists is invited. Full aud
satisfactory details Will be furnished upon
'pp'''' RHODES BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,