Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-27
TRUSTEES SALE

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
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 Columbua
STATE or GEORGIA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
~ BY virtue OF the power vested in us I'M
der the terms and conditions of a certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. Ilges, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus-
COgeG county, State of Georgia. dated March
lat, 1884, whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed to us all of the property, real and per
sonal, herein after described, in trust, to
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof rs in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (all
of which appears duly of record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A" fOios 1917 to 873, March 5th,
1884, in the Clerks office OF Superior Court.
Muscogee county, Georgia, aud IN Record
Deeds, Volume . o, pages 8! TO 70 inclusive,
March 22d, 1854 Office Of the Probate Court in
the county Of Lee, state OF Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed in the resolutions passed by the
holders Of said bonds, on April 24th, 1885, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
trust.
We VIII sell in the city Of Columbus, Mus
cogee county, Georgia, on the 81 day Of Au-
gust, 1856, between the legal hours OF sale, in
front OF the Auction House OF f. M. hnowle
Co, on the northwest corner Of Broad
street and Tcuth formerly Crawford street),
being the usual place for Snerifs sales iu
said city of COiumbusl, at public outCry. to
tnC highest DlOuer, Tor CaSn, Jhe following ues
scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, wit: All those lots and
parcels OF land situated, lying ana peng rs
follows: fractional section number twenty
six t26) and the north half oil fractional Sec
ton number thirty-hve 1907 both In frac-
tiOnal township number eighteen Us,
range number thirty t8O), in formerly
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
living and being in the eighth 9Th distrICJ
OF Muscogee county, state Of Georgia, known
as lots numbers eighty ELK 1867 and eighty =
seven lS7) and the west half OF lot number
seventy -four "a ana fractions mum oered
ninety -one (0D ana ninety two t02), and
Island number three OBJ in Chattaboochee
river and a small enclosure situated east of
the residence formerly occupied by j. T..
Clapp, used a. residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or less
II OF sud 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 lees
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manutactur-
ing COmpany's buildings on said land IN
Murcogee county, Ga, operated az Cotton
Factory, and with all of the improvements in
any manner sppendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive, of the cards, spineles,
looms, machinery and hXturos OF every Kind
whatsoever contained in said buildings; also,
all and angular the other improvements on
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company ON ana IN eald
ChattahoOchce river, together with all and
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws Of
Georgia.
present OF 4,5l4 srnndles, l49 looms and other
suitable machinery, all In good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 wards q day Of heavy she0tings and shirt
inRs, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and Improvements
generally In excellent condition, labor aoun-
uaut, lands elevated and location OF property
Unsurpassed for health, Convenience and eco
nomical pToduction-free from the burden OF
municiual taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, vet within three miles OF the city Of
COlum bus and three quarters OF mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power is tho finest 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 Is
required and utilized in running the present
mill, aud the natural falls in the river render
but simple inexpensive dam -, OF
logs and plank necessary. ms
magnificent water power Is easily controlled
and has n fall Of fOrty-twO and a half l4z%l
feet within three-quarters "a OF "A mile
With a comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred ana twenty
1--WE thousand (l2b,00o) spndles with looms
in proportion can be driven By this water
mills and utilization OF the Immense power
now wasted ia all that 10 needed TO make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-
ious manufacturing village. The personal in =
epectiOn OF capitalists Is invited. Fun and
satisfactory details Will DO furnished upon
"pp''''' RHODES BROWNE.
A. ILLGES,