Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-20
Lrnal Saleo.
TRUSTEES SALE


Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cation Factory, together with nearly mile
OF the finest water power on the ChattahoO-
chez river just above the city of Columbus.
LTAIE OF GEORGIA, MUsooGEE COUNTY.
~ BY virtue of the power vested in us un-
der the terms and conditions OF a certain deed
Of trust executed 20 the undersigned, J.
Rhodes Browne and A. Illges. trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
Cogee county, State OF Georgia, dated March
lst 1884. whereby the said corporation con-
Teyed To us all of the property, real and per-
sonal, herein after described, IN trust, To
secure the payment OF It's certain issue of
bonds aud the interest coupons thereof rs in
said trust deed specified aud enumerated (aHi
OF which appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A fOliOs ;}b7 10 1913, March 9th.
1884, In the Clerks Office of Superior Court,
MuscoRee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o q, pages q! to 50 inclusive,
nj arch 22d. 1884, Office of the Probate Court ind
the county of Lee, state of Alabama, and I'M
conformity with the directions and terma
prescribed In the resolutions passed by tho
holders OF said bonds, on April 24th, 1885, un !
der the authority conferred by said deed of
trust.
We will sell in the city OF Columbus, Mus
cOgee county, Georgia, on the 3D. day OF Au-I
gust, 1886, between the legal hours OF sale, inI
front OF the Auction House of r. M KnowleI
u Co, on the northwest corner of BroadI
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street).l
(being the usual place for Snerifrs sales IND
said city Of COumbus), at public cutlery, tOl
the highest bidder, for cash, the following del
scribed property of the Columbus Manufac-I
turing Company, to-wt: All those lots andi
parcels of land situated. tS3ng ana being al
follows: Fractional section number twenty-l
six (26l and the north half oil fractional sec
ton number thlrty-hve t3O) both in frac-
tional township number eighteen tls,
range humber thirty 1907, in formerly
Russell. now Lee, county state OF
Alabama Also the following lots Of lands
OF Muscogee county, State OF Georgia, known
rs lots numbers elghty 1857 and eighty (
seven $50 and the west half OF lot number
seventy four 74 ana fractions numOered
ninety-One (9ll ana nInety-twO t02), and
Island number three t3) in ChattahoOchea
river and small enclosure situated east OF
the residence formerly occupied by j. X.
Clapp, used a. residence and grazing lott
containing seven ~ acres more or less.
All Of said lands last described lying and be-
ing in the county OF Muscogee and State on
Georgia, and together with said lands 10 Lea
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $500 acres more or less.
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufacture
ing CompaDys buildings on said land in
MuscOgee county. Ca, operated rs a Cotton
Factory, and with all Of the improvements inl
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive. Of the cards, spinces,
looms, machinery and fixtures of every kind
whatsoever contained in 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 by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
Chattahoochee river, together with all and
singular the rights and franchises by the salf
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia
The plant of said cotton factory consists at
present OF 4,544 spindles, l4D looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 yards day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses aud improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor aDun-,
uant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health. convenience and eco
nOmical production-irae 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-q uarters OF n mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad. The waber
power Is the finest in the South, controlling
and embracing the whole bed Of the Chattal
hOochee river Tor the distance of about Ond
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along It's banks upon the
Georgia and Alabama sides of the river.
Only "A small portion of the water power il
required 8nd utilized in running the present.
mill. and the natural falls in tho river render
logs and plank necessary. Thfs
magnificent water power Is easily contro,led
and has a fail OF forty-two and a nalf (42l<g
feet within three-quarters "a OF mile,
With n comparatively small expenditure
upon u now dam one hundred and twenty-i
Ave thousand tl25. OOc) spindles with looms
in proportion can be driven by thus water
power. Capital for theerectiOn OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that s needed to make this
lous manufacturing village. The personal in
spection OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
"Pp'''" j. RHODES BROWNIE
A. lLL"HS' rrusteos