Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-29
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TRUsTLEs, sALE

TRUSTEES SALE.
Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly 3 mile
OF the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chee river, Just above the city OF Columbus,
ATATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
- By virtue OF the power vested in us un-
der the terms and conditions OF Reertain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, j.
| Rhodes Browne and A. lllges, trustees, by the
Colum BUS Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, state OF Georgia, dated March
list, 1884, hereby the said corporation con.
veyed to us all Of the property. real and per-
sonal, herein after described, in trnst. to
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (all
OF which appears duly Of record in Mortgages
Deed Book "A" fOliOs 867 TO 1913, March 5th.
1884, in the Clerks Office of Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume q o. pages 8! TO So inclusive.
March 22d, 1884, Office OF the Probate Court In
the county of Lee, State of Alabama, and iH
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed in the resolutions passed by the
holders OF said bonds, on April oath, 1886, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
trust.
We Will sell in the city Of Columbus. Mus
cOgee county, Georgia, on the Sd day of Au-
! gust, 1885. between the legal hours OF sale, in
front Of the Auction House of F. NJ Knowla
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street.,
| (beng the usual place for Sheriffs sales in
said city of COlumbus), At public outcry. to
the highest bidder, for ca an. the following de-
| scribed property Of the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wt: All those lots and
| parcels or land situated. lying and being az
| follows. Fractional section number twenty
/ ak t2i) aud the north haif Of fractional sec
| ton number thirty-hvo l35) both in frac-
/ ional township number eighteen (l8),
range number thirty tSOl, in formerly
| Russell, now Lee. county State Of
| Alabama. Also the following lots Of landa
| lying and being in the eighth t8lh) dis rIcE
: MugpOlee
| as lots numbers eighty-EiX 1867 and eighty
/ seven $50 and the west half OF lot plumber
seventy-iour l74l and fractions numbered
ninety zone ,9D and ninety two 1927, and
| leland number three lBl in Chattahoochoe
/ river and a small enclosure situated east Of
| the residence formerly occupied by J. r.
| Clapp, used rs residence and grazing lot.
| containing seven "a 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 In Lee
| county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $500 acres more or less
Also, all Of the eaid Columbia Manufacture
| ing Companyis buildings ON said land in
| Muscogee county, Ga, operated as a Cotton
/ Factory, and with all OF the improvements in
| any manner appendant and appurtenant
| thereto, inclusive. OF the cards, spinc lee,
| 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 COlum bus
| Manufacturing Company on and in said
| ChattahoOchee river, together with all aud
| singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under tue laws oe
! Georgia.
The plant OF SAID cotton factory consists at
| present OF 4,5l4 spindles. lI9 looms and other
| suitable machinery, all in good condition aud
producing good WORK. Present capacity
| 1900 Yards day Of heavy sheetiugs and shirt.
| ings, three wards to the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
| generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
dant, lands elevated and location Of property
! unsurpassed for health. convenience ana eco
nomical prOductiOn-free from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other COlum-
| bus mills, vet within three miles OF the city Of
| Columbus and three quarters of mile Of
| Columbus and Rome railroad. The wateE
| power Ia the finest in the south, controlling
and embracing the whole bed oil The ChattA-
| hoOchee river for the distance of about one
| mile along the lands OF said company, said
| lands extending along Its banks upon ths
Georgia ant Alabama sides of the river
Only small portion OF the water power ie
| required and utilized in running the present
| mill, and the natural falls in the river render
| but simple inexpensive dam OF
| logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power Is easily controlled
and has fall OF fOrty-twO and q nalf 1870
feet within three-q quarters ~ Of mile.
| With a comparatively small expenditure
! upon new dam one hundred and twenty
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 20 make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-
| loua manufacturing village. The personal in
| sp.t,i5ln Of capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details wall be furnished upon
"pr'''''' J.RHoDEs BROWNE,
Trustees.