Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-17
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Property Of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company Complete aud fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
Of the anest water power on the Chattahoo-
chez river, iust above the city Of Columbus.
NTATE OF GEORGIA. MUsOOGEE COUNTY.
~ BY virtue OF the power vested in NJ un-
der the terms and conditions Of aeertaip deed
" trust executed 10 the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lllges, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company. Of Mus-
cogee county, tate of Georgia, dated March
lst. lNs4. whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed to us al 0f the property, real and per
soual, herein after described, in trust. to
secure the payment Of ts certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof Is in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (al
of which appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book a toloa BIZ to 3i8, March 9th,
1874, in the Clerks Office Of superior Court.
Muscogee county, Georgia, aud IN Record
Deeds, Volume . q, pages x! TO ~ 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
prescribed In the resolutions passed by the
holders Of said bonds, on April oath 1896, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
We will sell in the city of Columbus, Mus
COgee county, Georgia. on the Bd day u Au-
gust. 1884, between the legal hours Of sale, in
front of the Auction House Of r. M. knowle
Co, on the northwest corner Of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
(heing the usual place for Snerins sales In
said city of Coiumhusl, at public Outcrv, to
the highest bidder, for cash. The following de-
HCribed property Of the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to wit: All those lots aud
parcels Of land sltuated. wing ana being as
tolowA: fractional section number twenty
ak t1sl and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thirty-hve t3s) both in irae-
tl9nsl township number eighteen rs,
range number thirty t30), in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county state Of
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
living and being IN the eighth lsth) dis'TicS
OF MuscoRee county, state OF Georgia, known
as lots numbers eIghty-si 1881 aud eighty
seven (STl and the west half OF lot number
seventy -four t7A and fractions NUMBERED
ninety -one (9D and ninety-two tg2). and
Island number three 49, in ChattahoOohee
river and small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by \. II.
Clapp, used ~ residence and grazing lot,
All Of said lands last described lying and be-
ing in the county Of Mnseogse and State of
Georgia, and together with said lands In Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $500 acres more or lees
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said land Ia
MuscORee county, Ga, operated ~ a Cotton
Factory, and with all OF the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive, Of the cards, spndfes,
looms, machinery and fixtures Of every kind
whatsoever contained in said buildings; also,
all and singular the other improvements on
oil Of the laRds aforementioned and
described; aisO the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Colum bus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChattahoOchee river, together with eli and
singular the rights and franchises by the said
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia.
the pant Of SAID cotton factory consists at
present OF 4,544 spindles. lIg looms and other
suitable machinery, all In good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1850 Yards n day Of heavy sheetngs and shirt
ings. three yards 10 the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor album
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health. convenience and eco
nOmioal prodnction-free from the burden of
municipal taxes paid by all the other COium-
bus mills. vet within three miles of the city OF
Columbus and three-quarters Of q 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 ~ about Ona
mile along the lands Of said com psny, said
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the river.
Only n small portion Of the water power rs
required and utilized in running the present
mill. and the natural falls in the ri yer render
but p.Dk Inexpensive dam rs %
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has n fan OF fOFtV-tWo and \ half i42Jz)
feet within three-quarters % OF n mite 4.
With comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
I'VE thousand tl25,00o) spiDdles with looms
IN proportion can be driven by tins water
power. Capital for the erection Of ditioual
mills and utilization Of the immense Do weF
now wasted is all that is needed to make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-
lous manufacturing village. The personal in
spectiOn Of capitalists IL invited. Full and
satisfactory details Will be furnished upon
'pp''''' RHODES BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,
Trustees.