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property OF the GOlumbns M AnutaCtur1nE
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory. together with nearly mile
OF the finest water power on the ChattahOo-
chez river. just above the city of Columbus.
STATE OF GEORGIA. MUSCOGEE COUNTY.
~ By virtue OF the power yesled In us un-
DER the terms and conditions Of acertain deed
OF trust eNesuted to the undersigned. J.
Rhodes Browne and A. illges, trustees, by the
bus Manufacturing Company, of Mus
cogee county, state OF Georges. dated March
Let, 1854, whereby the said corporation con-
vcyed To us all OF the property, real and per-
sopal. herein after described. IN trust. to
secure the payment Of its certain issue OF
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
said trust deed specified AMI enumerated Tall
Of winch appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book a l0lios 3B1 to 37S, March 5th,
1884, in the Clerks Office OF Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and 10 Record,
Deeds, Volume O, pages ~ to g inclusive.
March 22d, 1884. Office of the Probate Court I'M
the county Of Lee, state of Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed In the resolutions passed by thel
holders OF said bonds, on April 24th 1886, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed Oh
trust.
We WIN sell in the city OF Columbus. Nus
cOgee county, Georgia, on the Sd day Of Au-,
gust, 1885, between the legal hours Of sale, in
'front.' of the Auction House OF +. NJ. knOwlei
e. Co on the northwest corner Of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,.
(being the usual place for Sheriffs sales in
said city OF Columbus), at public 0utcry. to
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-.
turing Company to-wt: All those lots aud
parcels of land situated. lying and being an
follows: fractional section number twenty
six (26) and the north half OF fractional SEQ
ton number thirty five 1857 both In frac--l
tional township number eighteen (l8lI
range number thirty 1907, In formerly
Russell, now Lee, county state %
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth lsth) dis ricta
OF Nj uscOgee county, state Of Georgia, knownl
40 lots numbers eIghty-six 1867 and eighty
IA hal ~ at ~
seventy -four (74) and fractions numbered
ninety lone (9D and ninety Two 1927, and
Island number three C8) IN Chattahoochoe
river and q small enclosure situated east O6
the residence formerly occupied by ]. r.
Clapp. used rs residence and grazing lot.
containing seyen 10 acres more or Loss
All OF said lands last described lying and bel
ing in the county of Muscogoo and State Of
Georgia, and together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty lsS0l acres more or less.
Also, all of the said Columbus Manufacture
| ing Company's buildings on said land mi
/ Muscogee county, Ca, operated as Cotton
| Factory, and with all of the i'm improvements In
\ any manner appendant and appurtenant
| thereto. inclusive. OF the cards, epindes,
/ looms, machinery and fixtures OF every kind
1 whatsoever contained In said buildings; also,
/ all and singular the other improvements on
| all of the lands afOrem entOned and
| described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbus
| Manufacturing Company on and ia said
ChattahO0ehee river. together with all aud
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
| the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
/ Georgia.
The plant Of said cotton factory consists at
| present OF 4, 5l4 spiDdles, lI9 looms and other
| Bu Ia BILE machinery, all ia good condition and
| producing good work. Present capacity
| 1900 yards day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
| ings, three yards 20 the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
| generally in eXceileBi condition. labor aDun-
| daut, lands elevated and location OF property
unsu passed for health, Convenience ana eco
| nomical prod ucti0n-free from the burden OF
municinai taxes paid by all the other COlum-
bus m Ills, yet within three miles OF the city of
/ Columbus and three-quariers Of mile OF
I Columbus and Rome railroad. The wafer
| power is the nnest 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 company, said
| lands extending along It's banks upon the
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the river.
/ Only small portion Of the water power IL
required ard utilized in running the present
mill. aud the natural falls in the river render
| but simple inexpensive dam Of
| Ogs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power is easily controlled
| and has a fall OF forty-twO and a half 1910
feet within three-quarters ~ OF mile.
| With a comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand (l25,0OOl spindles with looms
in proportion can be driven by this water
power Capital for the erection Of additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that is needed 10 MAKE this
property the site OF prosperous and popu-
lous manufacturing village. The personal in
spection OF capitalists IL invited. Full and
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
J. RHODES BROWNE,
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