Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-13
Lraal Salro.
TRUSTEES SALE

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
OF the finest water power on the ChattahoO-
chez river, just above the city Of Columbus.
GTATE OF GEORGIA. MusCOGER COUNTY.
~ By virtue OF the power vested in us un-
der The terms and conditions of acertain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, J.
Rhodes Browne aud A. Illges, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, State OF Georgia, dated March
LIST, 1884, whereby the said corporation con-
yeyed 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 rs in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (all
Of which appears duly of record in Mortgage
Deed Book IA fOliOs 367 TO 1913, March 5th,
1854, in the Clerks Office Of Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and 10 Record
Deeds, Volume o o, pages 3. to 50 inclusive,
March I'D, 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 24th. 1886, un-
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
| trust.
We Will sell in the city of Columbus, Mus
cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day of Au-
| gust. 1885, between the legal hours OF sale, in
| front Of the Auction House Of y. M. knowle
| Il Co, on the northwest corner Of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street.,
| being the usual place for SherilFs Gales In
| said city OF COlumbus), at public outcry. 70
! the highest Dllutls IOE ca n the IOllOWlnK
| ecribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
! turing Company, tO-wib: All those lots and
parcels OF land situated, lying and being as
follows: fractional section number twenty
six 1857 and the north half of fractional sec
ton number thirty-1ve 1857 both Ia frAc-
| tional township number eighteen gls),
range number thirty 1907, in formerly
AIs5 S Also The following lots 1 Of lands
lying and being in the eighth lSthl dis riot
OF Muscogee county state OF Georgia, known
as lots numbers elghty- six 1851 and eighty
seven $50 and the west half OF lot number
seventy four C74) and fractions numbered
ninety lvll and ninety two f92l. and
Island number three tSl in Chattahoochee
river and small enclosure situated east OF
| the residence formerly occupied by j. X.
| Clapp, used as residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or lees.
All of said lands last described lying and be-
| ing in the county Of MuseOgee and state OF
Georgia, and together with said lands In Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty ,S80) acres more or less.
Also, all of the said Columbus Manufacture
ing COmpany's buildings on said land in
| Musc0gee county, Ga, operated as a Cotton
Factory, and with all OF the Improvements ia
any manner appendant and appurtenant
| thereto. inclusive. of the cards. spindes,
| looms, machinery and fixtures OF every Kind
whatsoever contained IN said buildings; also,
all and angular the other improvements on
| all Of the lands aforementioned and
| described; also the entire water power
| owned and controlled by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChattahoOchee river, together with oil and
singular the rights aad franchises by the saId
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia.
The plant of said cotton factory consists st
present Of 4,544 spindles, li9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1850 yards day of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses aud improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor album
dant, lauds elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health, convenience and eco
nomical prOducti0D--free from the burden OF
municiDAl taxes paid by all the other Colum-
bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city OF
Columbus and three quarters Of a mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power Is the finest in 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
mil. and the natural falls in the river render
but simple inexpensive dam -
logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power Is easily controlled.
and has fail Of fOrty-twO and a half (42lS)
feet within thres-quarters ~ Of a mile.
With comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand tl25,OO0) epindles 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 il all that is needed to make this
property the site OF prosperous and popu-
lOus manufacturing village. The personal in
spectOn OF capitalists Is invited. Full aud
satisfactory details W II be furnished upon
J.RH0DEs BROWNE,
A. fLLGES,