Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-14
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EraaI Salea.
TRUSTEES SALE

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cstton Factory, together with nearly mile
of the finest wafer power ON the Chattahoo-
chez river, jast above the city of Columbus.
ANTATE OF GEORGIA, MUSCoGER COUNTY.
~ By virtue OF the po wer vested in
DER the terms and Conditions of a eertatn deed
OF trust executed To the undersigned. j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lllges, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, State OF Georgia, dated March
lst, 1884. whereby the said corporation con-
veyed to us all OF the property, real and per-
sonal herein after described, in trust, 10
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof rs in
said trust deed specified and enumerated TALL
of which appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book a folIos 367 to 3I3 March 9th,
1884, in the Clerks Office OF Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o, pages g. to IS inclusive,
March 22d, 1884, 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 S4th, 1896, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust.
We wan 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 II. n. Knowle
n Co, the northwest corner OF Broad
street aud Tenth formerly CrawfUrdstreet.
being the usual place for Sherirs sales In
said city of Columbus), at public outcry. to
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 ana Deing as
! follows: Fractional section number twenty
siN COY and the north half oil fractional ser
ton number thirty-hve t3S) both IN frac-
| tional township, number eighteen as,
range number thirty 1902, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State OF
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth tSthl dis rlcI
! OF MuscOgee county, State OF Georgia, known
ag lots numbers elghty-six t86) and eighty
seven ISL and the west half of lot number
seventy -four 74 and fractions nunOered
ninety -one (9ll anu ninety Two ty2l, and
Island number three ~ in Cnattahoochee
river and u small enclosure situated east of
the residence formerly occupied by j. Z.
Cllpp, used as a residence and grazing lot,
Containing seven ~ acres more or less
| All OF said lands last described lying and be-
| ing in the county of MuecOgee and State Of
| Georgia, and together with said lands In Lee
| county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
| and thirty $500 acres more or less $50
| A $50, all Of the said Columbus Manufacture
| ing Compsny's buildings on said land in
| Muscogee county, Ga, operated as Cotton
Factory, and with all OF the improvements IN
| any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive, OF the car9s, splnciesj
| 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 Coium bus
| Manufacturing Company on and in said
| Chattahooehee river, together with all and
singular the rights and franchises by thesald
| the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia.
The pi ant Of SAID cotton factory consists at
! present OF 4, 54l spindles, l4s looms and other
utable machinery, all In good condition aud
producing good work. Present capacity
| 1880 wards day OF heavy sh ceilings and shirt
| ings, three yards TO the pound.
| The operatiYeF houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor album
dant lands elevated and location OF property
| unsurpassed for health, convenience and eco
| nomical production-froe from the burden OK
municipal 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 ami Rome railroad. The water
| power is the fipest 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 its banks upon the
| Georgia and Alabama sides of the river.
| Only a small portion Of the water power Is
required and utilized in running the present
m ill., and the natural falls in the river render
but simple inexpensive dam OF
logs and plank necessary. rms
and has fall of forty-two and nalt l47lS)
feet within three-quarters 20 Of a mile.
| With a comparatively small expenditure
| upon new dam one hundred and twenty
| 1--WE thousand III, o0o) splndles with looms
| in proportion can be driven by tins water
| power. Capital for the erection of additional
| mills and utilization OF the immense power
| now wasted is all that is needed TO make this
property the site of prosperous and popu-
| ious manufacturing village. The personal in
spection OF capitalists Is invited. Fun and
satisfactory details will be furnished upon
"pp''0 JRHoDEs BROWNE,
A. u-LGES,