Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-17
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TRUSTEES SALE

Property Of the Colpmbus Manufacturing
company. Complete and fuiiy equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearlv miia
OF the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chee river, iust above the city Of Columbus.
- TATE or GEORGIA, MUSoOGEE COUNTY.
- BY virtue OF the p0wer YES ed IN u- un-
uer the terms and conditions OF a certain decd
Of trust executed TO the undersigned. j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lllges, trustees, by this
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Nus
cogee county, state OF Georgia, dated March
lst, 1854. whereby the said c rpOration con-
veyed to us all Of the PROPERTY real and per-
sOnal, herein after described, IN trust. 10
secure the payment OF its certain issue 0e
bonds and the interestGoupons thereof as iM
said trust deed specified and enumerated tall
Of which appears duly OF record in Mortgages
Deed Book "A" fOliOs @1 10 1913, March 5th,
1881, Ia the Clerks Office OF Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and 10 Record
peeds, Volume o ., pages s. to So inclusive.
NJ arch 22d 1854. Office OF the Probate Court in
the county of Lee, state OF Alabama, aud in
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed in the resolutions passed by tho
holders oe Baid bonds. on April 2th, 1886, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed of
trust.
we viii sell IN the city of Columbus, Mus
cogeo county. Georgia. on the 81 day Of An
gust, 1855, between the legal hours Of sale, in
front OF the Auction House of II. NJ knowl6
Co. on the northwest corner Of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street..
lhelng the usual place for Sherins sales ia
said city OF Columbus). at public Outcry. to
the highest bidder, for cash the following de-
scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wit: Al those lots and
parcels of land situated, lying and being ~
follows: fractional section number tweuty@
six t26) and the north half OF fractional sec,
ton number thirty-hve f8S) both IN frac-
tional township number eighteen tlSl.
Russell, now Lee, county state OF
Alabama Also the following lots OF lands
l. ing and being in the eighth - ~ dis rieG
OF Niuscogoe county, state of Georgia, known
lOta EImltnra piuhty-sfN fSfl a q rht 4 -
seven ls7l and the west hGlf Of lot plumber
seventy four IA ana fractions NUN oered
ninety-o t9l and ninety two 80, amt
Island numb three (Sl in ChattahoocheG
river and small enclosure situated east at
the residence formerly occupied by j. q.
Clapp, used a. residence and grazing lott
containing seven ~ acres more or lessa
All Of said lands last described lying and be-
ing IN The county of Muscogee and State "
Georgia. and together with said lands Ia Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty tS30l acres more or less.
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufacture,
ing Company's buildings on said land in
Muscogee county, Ga, operated as Cottonl
Factory, and with all OF the improvements in
any manner appepdant and appurienane
thereto. inclusive of the cards, spindles-
looms, machinery and fixtures OF every kind
whatsoever contained In said build nge; also,
an and singular the other improvements on
All OF the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Colum0uA
ChattahOochee river, together with sll angE
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company heltg
and possessed therein under the laws oe
Georgia.
The plant of said cotton factory consists al
present OF i,544 spindles. llB looms and other
su table machinery, all IN good condition and
producing good wOrs. Present opacity
$500 yards day of heavy sheetiDgs and shirts
ings, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
rranpral1kr "a aNppilapf rnn0fffoO luilnr
liant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health convenience ana eco-
nOmlcal prOduGtiOn-free from the burden OF
muncinal taxes paid by all the other COlum-
bus mills, vet within three miles OF the city of
Columbus and three quarters OF a mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad, The water
power Ia the finest in the south, controlling
hoOchee river for the distance Of about Una
mile along the lands OF said company, said
lands extending along it's banks upon the
Georgia ant Alabama sides Of the river.
Only a small portion Of the water power is
eduired and utilized In running the present
mill, and the natural falls in the river render.
but simple inexpensive dam &C
ogs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power is easily conirO led
and has a fall of fOrty-two and half f42IS)
feet within tire quarters "a OF mile
With comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand tl2b,OO0) spindles 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 Ia needed 20 make this
property the site Of a prosperous and pOpu-
lous manufacturing village. The personal in
-pection OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details VII be furnished upon
J. RHODES BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,