Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-07
Groai SairS.


Property OF the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly a mite
OF the finest water power on the ChattahOo-
chee river, Just above the city Of Columbus.
STATE OF GEORGIA. MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
- By virtue of the power vested in us un-
der the terms and conditions OF = certain deed
al trust executed TO the undersigned. j.
Rhodes Browne and A. illges, trustees, by the
Columbu Manufacturing Company, OF NJ us
cogee county, state OF Georgia. dated March
LIST, 1884. 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 issue Of
bonds aud the interest coupons thereof hs In
said trust deed specified ana enumerated tall
Of which appears duly of record in Mortgage
Deed Book IA" fOliOs BIZ TO 313, March 9th,
1881, in the Clerks office of superior Court.
Muscogec county, Georgia, aud IN Record
Deeds, Volume o o. pages Z! TO SS 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 resulu tions passed by the
holders Of said bonds, on April 2lth, 1885, I'm
der the authority conferred by said decd Of
trust.
We VIII sell in the city OF Columbus. Mus
cOgec county, Georgia, on the 8d day OF Au-
gust, 1881, between the legal hours OF sale, in
'front.' Of the Auction House Of f. M. hnowle
Co on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
(being the usual place for Sheri17s sales IN
said city Of Columbus), at public Outcry. TO
the highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
scribcd property OF the Columbus Mauufac-
turing Company, to- wit; All those lots and
parcels OF land situated, lying ana peing as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
SIX (26 and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thirty-fve t3b) both IN frac-
tiOnal township number eighteen tlSl,
range number thirty 1907, IA formerly
Russell, nov Lee, county State OF
Alabama Also the following lots Of landa
lung and being in the eighth .8th) dis rict
NJ gf "a
az lois numbers eIghty-siX 1856 and eighty
seven S7l and the west half Of lot number
seventy four 74) ami fractions numbered
nincty-one t9I) and ninety two (9ZJ. and
Island number three 90 in ChattahoOchee
river and \ small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by j. T.
Ciapp, used as residence and grazing lot
containing seven ~ acres more or less.
All Of said lands last described lying and be-
ing In the county OF MuscOgee and State Of
Georgia, and together with said lands 10 Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty 800 acres more or less
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on SAID land in
MuscoRee county. Ca, operated ~ Cotton
Factory. and with all Of the improvements IN
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive. ~ the cards, spin6ies
looms machinery and nXtures OF every Kind
whatsoever contained IA said buildings; Also
all and singular the other improvements on
all Of the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled BIZ said Colum 0us
Manufacturing Company on and in SAID
Chattahoochee river, together with all and
singular the rights and franchises by the sad
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws Of
Georgia.
Thepant OF said cotton factory consists at
present 81 4,544 sRindes, li9 looms and other
oil table machinery, all In good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1850 yards day Of heavy sheetlngs and shirt
NgFtI. To the Mound
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor aDun-
liant. lands elevated and location OF property
unsupasscd for health. convenience and eco
nomical prOductiOn-froe from the burden Of
municipal taxes paid by ali the other COlum-
bus mills, vet within three miles OF the city of
Columbus and three quarters OF u mile Of
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power ia the finest in the South, controlling
aud embracing the whole bed OF the ChAtta-
hOUchee river for the distance Of about one
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along Its banks upon the
Georgia ana Alabama sides Of the river
Only "a small portion Of the water power IL
required and utilized in running the present
mill. aud the natural falls IN the river render
but simple inexpenslye dam Of
logs and plank necessary. Tins
magnificent water power Ia easily con 70 led
and has IAN Of fOrty-twO and q nalf i2Hl
feet within three-quarters "a Of mile
With a comparatively small cXpendl ure
upon q new tam one hundred ami twenty
Ave thousand tl25,000 eplndles with looms
In proportion can be driven by this water
power Capital for the erection 81 additional
mills and utilization ~ the immense power
now wasted rs all that is needed 10 make thi4
property the site Of prosperous and pOpu-
lous manufacturing village. The personal in
Apection OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details viii be furnished upon
j. RHODES BROWNE.
A. ILLGES,