Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-04
Eraal SnIre.
TRUSTEES SALE.

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 Chatsahoo-
chee river just above the city Of Columbus.
GTATE or GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY.
] ~ BY virtue OF the power vested IN us un-
/ Ger tue Terms and conditions OF a CertalR deed
/ o. trust executed 90 the undersigned. j.
Rhodes Browne aud A. illges, trustees, by the
Columbus Man ufacturing Company, OF Mus
/ cogee county, state Of Georgia. dated March
/ list, lSs4, whereby the said corporation con-
/ VeA ed TO as all of the property. real and per-
/ sonal, herein after described. IN trust. to
secure the payment Of its certain issue Of
tonds and the interest coupons thereof ~ in
SAID trust decd specified and eDum Grated (all
/ 81 which appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book "a, ~ fOlOs 30 TO 373, March 5th,
1881. in the Clerks Office OF Superior Court,
MusCogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
! Deeds, Volume . o, pages s. to IS inclusive,
March 22d, 1894. office of the Probate Court in
the county Of Lee, state Of Alabama, and in
/ conformity with the directions and terms
pr scribed in the resolutions passed by the
holders OF said bonds, on April oath, 1886, un-
der the authority conferred BY said deed Of
/ trust.
We VIII sell in the city Of Columbus. Mus
! cogec county, Georgia, on the 81 day Of Au-
/ gust, 1856. between the legal hours OF sale, in
| 'front.' Of the Auction Ionse of f. M. knowle
| N Co on the north west corner OF Broad
/ street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
/ being the usual place for Sherif7s sales in
/ satd city II COlumbusl, at public Outcry. to
/ the highest bidder, for cash. she following de-
scrlhed property Of the Columbus Manufac-
! turing Company, to-wit: All those lots and
/ parcels Of land situated, lying ami being M
/ follows: fractional section number twenty
six go and the north hair OF fractional Sec
ton number thirty-hve (35) both in frac-
/ uonal township number eighteen Isl,
range number thirty N0l, in formerly
Russell, POW Lee, county State OF
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
| lying and being in the eighth Is hi dis ricJ
| or Muscogee county, state Of Georgia, known
as lots numbers elghty-siX ls6l and eighty
seven lSGl and the west half Of lot number
| seventy four t74l and fractions pumDered
ninety-one l9D and ninety two 1927, and
Island number three ~ in Cnattahoochee
| river and a small enclosure situated east Of
! the residence formerly occupied by j. r.
/ Clapp, used a. residence and grazing lot,
| containing seven 20 acres more or leas.
All Of said lands last described lying and be-
ing in the county OF Muscogee and State Of
Georgia, aud together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty 500 acres more or less
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing COmpany's bindings on said land In
| Muscogec county, Ca, operated as a Cotton
Factory, and with ali Of the improvements in
any manner appendant and aPpurtenant
| thereto. inclusive. of the cards, spinCles,
| looms, machinery and fixtures Of every kind
whatsoever contained In said buildings; also,
all and singular the other improvements on
MI Of the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said COlumhua
Manufacturing Company on and in SAID
| ChattahoOchee river, together with 81 and
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
| the Columbus Manufacturing Com pany held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
! Georgia.
The ID ant Of SAID cotton factory consists at
present OF 4,544 spindles, ll8 looms and other
suitable machinery, al Ia good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
| 1900 yards day of heavy sheetngs and shirt
ings. three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and Improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor aDun-
daut, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health. convenience ana eco
nOmical productiOn-free from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
bua 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 dnest 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 com pany, said
! lands extending along It's banks upon tho
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
logs ana plank necessary. This
| magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has "a fall OF f0rby-two and a half f421Sl
feet within thros-quarters ~ OF mle.
! with "A comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred aud twenty
! five thousand ll2J,000j spDdles with looms
in proportion can be driven By this water
/ power. Capital for the erection OF additional
| mills and utilization or the immense power
| now wasted Is all that ls needed TO make this
/ property the site Of prosperous and pOpu-
| lous manufacturing village. The personal In
| spectiOn OF capitalists is invited. Pun aud
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
J.RHODEs BROWNE,
Trustees.