Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-11
Eraal Salre.
TRUSTEES SALE

Property Of the Columbus Manufacturingf
Company. Complete aud fully equipped |
Cotton Factory, together with nearly fniies
OF the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chez river, just above the city of Columbus.
GTATE OF GEORGIA, MusCoGEE CoUsrY.
~ By virtue OF the power vested IN US I'M
der the terms and conditions Of a eertain deed
OF trust executed 10 the undersg ned, j. /
Rhodes Browne and A. Illges, trustees, by thee
Columbus Manufacturing Company OF Mus-
cogee county, State OF Georgia. dated March,
ISL, 1884, whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed TO us all OF the property. real and per
s0nal, herein after described. in trust, to-
secure the payment OF its certain issue oG
bonds ana the interest coupons thereof a. IN
said trust deed specified and enumerated taii /
of which appears duly Of record In Mortgage
Deed Book "A, folios 1851 TO 1913, March 9Th
1884, In the Clerks Office of Superior Court
MuscoRee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume ., pages s. TO IS inclnsiVe.t
March 22d, 1854, office of the Probate Court int
the county of Lee, State of Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and termst
prescribed in the resolutions passed by theS
holders OF said bonds. on April z4th. 1885, IN !
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust.
We VIII sell In the city Of Columbus, Nus
cogee county, Georgia. on she Sd day Of Au-t
gust, 1885, between The legal hours Of sale, ind
'front.' of the Auction House Of n. NJ. Knowles
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street.
being the usual place for Sherif7s sales in
SAID city Of Columbus), at public cutlery. to
serlbed property OF the Columbus NJ aBnfae-s
turing Company, to-wic. All those lots and
parcels Of land situated, lying ana being asl
follows: Fractional section number twenty-8
six 1857 and the north half OF fractional sec 1
ton number thrty-nve 1857 both in frac-
uOnal township number eighteen (lSls
range number thirty 1907, in formerly
Alabama Also The following lots of lands
lying and being in the eighth g8uh) disrIc1
OF Muscogee county, state of Georgia. known
Nr.fg ltsaaa asw
seven tS7l and the west half of lot Dumber
seventy -four t74l and fractions numoered
ninety-0ne l9l and ninety two f92), AMI
Island number three 49, In Chattahoccheol
river and a small enclosure situated easpoes
the residence formerly 0eeupied by J.. r.
Clapp, used as a residence and grazing letv
All OF said lands last described lying and be-.
ing in the county of MuscOgee and State OF
Georgia, and together with said lands In Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty t830t acres more or less. al17
Also, all OF the said Columbus Mannfactur-t
ing Company buildings on said land in
MuscOgee county, Ca, operated as COttonI
Factory, and with all of the i'm Dr0yements in
thereto. inclusive. OF the cards, spindibaJ
l0ome, machinery and fixtures of every kind
whatsoever contained Ia said buildings; ALSO
all and singular The other improvements ont
all OF the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbn8
Chattahoochee river, together with al and
singular the rights and franchlses by the saldt
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the Laws Of
Georgia.
The liant OF SAID cotton factory consists at
present OF Asa spindles. ll9 looms and otherl
suitable machinery, all Ia good condition and
producing good worn. Present capacityl
1850 yards a day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards 70 the pound.
The operatives houses And improvements
generally Ia excellent condition, labor alum
dant. lands elevated aud location OF property
unsurpassed for health. convenience and eco.
montreal productiun-free from tho burden OF
bus mills, yet 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 thc whole bed Of the ChattA{
hOOchec river FOR the distance Of about 0nd
mile along The lands Of said company, said
lnuda extending along iis banks upon the,
Georgia and Alabamn sides OF the riyer.f
Oniy small portion Of the water power ~
REQUIRED and utilized in running the present.
mill, and the natural falls In the river renderi
but simple inexpensive dam OF
logs ana plank necessary. Taiss3
add has a fail VI forty-two aud nuif az
feet within three-q quarters - Of a mile =
with a comparatively small eXpendturof
un0u new dam one hundred and tWcnty-t
nee thnusand 025.O1r eplndlca with LOOMS
IN proportion can be driven by this water
power, Capital for the erection o. additional
mills aud utilization ~ the immense power
nOw wasted Is ai That q needed % maze this
lOus manufacturing village. The personal in
speesion 81 capitalists b invited. Fnii and
satisfactory details VIII bg furnished npoa..
J.RHODEs BR0wNE,
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