Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-23

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Comp etc and fully equIl ped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
of the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chee river, jpat above the city OF Columbus.
GTAlE OF GEOHGlA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
- by virtue OF the power vested in Us un-
DER the Terms and conditions Of n certain deed
OF trust executed to tho undersigned, J..
Rhodes Browne and A. lllse8, trustees, by the
columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
COgCe county, State of Georgia dnted March
lst 1854. 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 iseue 81
bonds and the interest coupons thereof "a in
said trust decd specified and enumerated tall
OF which appears duly of record in Mortgage
Deed Book a fohos SB7 10 373. March 9Th,
1884, In the Clerks Otice OF Superior Court.
MusrOgee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o, pages :. to IS 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 2th, 1886 un-
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
trust
We VIII sell in the city of Columbus, Mus
COgcc county, Georgia, on the Sd day Of Au-
gust. 1885. between the legal hours OF SALE in
front OF the Auction House of +. NJ. knuwle
Co on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and lenth formerly Crawford street,,
(heing the usual place for Sncrh's sales in
sAlN city OF ColumhusN at publc cutlery, 10
the hiRhes bidder, for cash, the following de-
sCrlhed property Of tho COlumOus Manutac-
turing Company, VIII: An those lots and
parcels OF land situated, lying auU uelng as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
siN (26l and the North half 81 fractional sec
ton number thirty -nvo Giol both in fran-
uonal township number eighteen Us,
range number thirty t3Ol, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county state OF
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
king and being N the eighth ,8tll dls,rlct
OF Muscogee county. state Of Georgia. known
Hs lots numbers cightV-siN SO and etghtt-
soven tS7) and the west half % lot numDer
seventy four az and fractions numbered
nincty-onc lSN ami ninety two 1922, and
Island numbHr three ~ IN Chattahoochee
river and p small enclosure situated east of
the residence formerly occupied by j. Il.
Clapp, used u" residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or le7s.
All OF said lands last described lying and be-
ing in The county of MuscOgec and state Of
Georgia, and together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty S30) acres moro or less
Also, all of the SAID Columbus Manufacture
ing COmpauy's buildings on said land IN
Muscogee county, Ga, operated IA COTTON
Factory, and with all OF the improvements IN
any manner appendant and appurteuahJ
thereto, inclusive. of the cards, spncles,
looms, machinery and fixtures OF every KIM
whatsoever contained IN said huidlngB, also,
all ana singular the other improvements on
NIL Of the lands aforementioned ana
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled BY said Columb bus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChattahOOchee river, together with fll and
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws Of
Georgia
The D ant OF SAID cotton factory consists at
present OF 4,5i4 spiudes, lI0 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition aud
producing good WORK. Present capacity
I 800 wards a day Of heavy sheetings and shi TT
ings, three yards TO the pound
The operatives houses and Improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aoun-
uaut, lands elevated and location OF property
Unsurpassed for health, convenience ana eco
nomICal productlOn-free from the burden OF
municiual taxes paid by all the other Colum-
bus mills vet within three miles OF the city Of
Columbus and three quarters OF n mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power ia the finest in the south, controlling
and embracing the whole bed OF the Chatts
hoochce river for the distance Of about one
mile along the lands of said company, sail
Georgia AMI Alabama sides Of the river.
Only "a small portion Of the water power Is
required and utilized in running tho present
mill, aud the natural falls in the river render
S STs and simple blank n'SR Necessary a'm rds
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has a fan of fOrty-twO and a half 49,
feet within three-quarters "a OF mile.
With comparatively small expenditure
upon n new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand U26,0OG) spindles with looms
IN proportion can be driven by this waller
power. Capital for theerection OF additional
mills and utilization Of the immense power
now wasted If all that 10 needed to 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 VIII be furnished upon
appi'0"'''"' J.RHoDEs BROWNE,
Trustees.