Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-21
C. H. DORSETT, kuctioReer.
Geanl Salre.
TRUSTEES SALE

wow TRUSTEES SALE.
Property OF the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete aud fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
OF the finest water power on the Chattahoo|
chez river, Just above the city Of COlumbuzs
GTAYE or GEORGIA MUsCoGEK COuNryI
~ BY virtue OF the power vested in us unz
der the terms and conditions Of a certain deed
OF trust executed TO the unders gned, y
Rhodes Browne and A. Illges, trustees, By tho
COlum bus Manufacturing Company, OF Nus
cogee county, state OF Georgia, dated March
LIST, 1884. whereby the said corporation con-
yeyed 70 rs all Of the property. real and per-
sOnal, herein after described, in trdst. to-
secure the payment Of its certain issue al
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as IL
said trust deed specified and enumerated (alu
OF which appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A, foiOs 367 to 1913, March 9Th
1894, In the Clerks Office OF Superior Court1
MuscoRee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume O o, pages 8! to IS inclusivel
March I'D, 1884, oiice OF the Probate Court IN
The county Of Lee, state OF Alabama, and in
cOnfdrTojty with the directions and terna
prescribed In the resolutions passed by the
holders OF said bonds, on a pril 24th, 1885, un :
der the authority conferred by ssid deed Of
trust.
We VIII sellln the city OF Columbus. Nus.
cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day OF Au5
gust, 1885, between the legal hours OF sale, in
front Of the Auction House of +. NJ. knowla
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street)s
(being the usual place for sherif's sales ID
said city Of Columhus), at public Outcrv Co
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
scribed property Of the Columbus Manufac@
turing Company, tO-wit: All those lots and
parcels Of land situated. lying aud Deing aa
follows: Fractional section number twenty4
SIX 1857 and the north half Of fractional Sec
ton number thirty-hve t3s) both In frac~
uonal township number eighteen rs 4
range number thirty taOl, in formerly
k sIase nov so Lee, county s tS
lying and being n the eighth (sth) dis'rica
Of Muscogee county. state OF Georgia, knCw u
az lots numbers elghty-six 1881 and eighty5
seven loIl and the west half Of lot numben
seventy -four l7il and fractions numbered
ninety-One on ana ninety-two t92) ant
Island number three (S) in Chattahoochee
river and small eHcloenre situated east %
the residence formerly occupied by J. e.
Ciapp, used a. residence and grazing lOtt
containing seven - acres more or less9
All OF said lands last described lying and be-
ing In the county Of Muscogee and State "a
Georgia, and together with said lauds IN Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $500 acres more or less
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufacture
ing COmpany's buildings on said land in
MuscOgee county. Ga, operated as Cotton
Factory, aud with all OF the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenana
thereto, inclusive. Of the cards, spindlesa
looms, machinery and nxturea Of every kind
whatsoever contained In said buildings; ALSO
all aud singular the other improvements Om
all OF the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said COlumbua
Chattahoochee river, together with oil and
singular the rights and franchises by the sair
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia.
The liant OF SAID cotton factory consists at
present OF 8,5i4 spindlos. iig looms and other
suitable machinery, all 10 good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1880 yards day Of heavy sheetnks and shirtl
ings, three yards 70 the pound.
The operatives, houses aud improvements
10 in fuI tur nh
dant, lands elevated and location Of property
unsurpassed for health. convenience ana eco
nOmcal productiOn-freo from the burden %
municipal taxes paid by an the other Colum-l
bus mills, yet within three miles Qf the city q
Columbus and three-q quarters OF mile %
Columbus and Rome railroad. The waten
power IL the nnest IN the south, CONTROLLING
and embracing the whole bed Of She Chatta-
hOochee river for the distance Of about Oua
mile aloug the lands OF said company, saf1
lands extending along its banks upon the
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the river
required and utilized in running the present.
10 n, and the natural falls In the river render
but simple Inexpensive dam -, %
@ Ss water power Is se easily eoniroaed
and has fan Of forty-twO and a nalf 41lkF
feet within three-quarters 20 Of q mue-
With q comparatively small expenditures
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
I've thousand li25. 00ol apindlos with looms
in proportion can be- driven by this water
power. Capital for thcerectlon OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that Is needed 70 make thia
property the site 81 prosperous and popu-~
Ions manufacturing village. The personal In.
spectlon OF capitalists IA invited. Pun and
satisfactory details will be furnished upou
@'F'''" J.RHoDEs BROWNE,
A. fLLGEs,