Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-03
TRUSTEES, SALE.

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mi lie
OF the finest water power on the ChattahoO-
chez river, Just above the city of COlumb bus.
STATE OF GEOHGlA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
~ by virtue OF the power vested id us I'M
der the terms and conditions OF a certain deed
or trust executed to the undersigned, J.
Rhodes Browne and A nlges, trustees, by the
Coium bus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, State of Georgia, dated March
LIST, 1884. whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed to ne all OF the property, real aud per-
sonal, herein after described. in trust, To
secure the payment Of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
SAID trust deed speolh ed aud enumerated lel
OF which appears Only OF record Ia Mortgage
Deed Book "a f0lios 3V7 TO 1913, March 9Th,
1884, in the Clerks office of Superior Court.
Museogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
March 22d, 1884, Office Of th @ 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 pril 24th. 1856, uu
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust
cOgee county, Georgia, on the 3D. day Of Au-
gust, 1886, between the legal hours of sale, in
front of the Auction House OF +. M. Knowle
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street),
(being the usual place for Sherifrs sales in
said city Of COlumbus), at public cutlery, TO
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, tO-wlt: All those lots and
parcels OF land situated. lying ana pelng as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
six (26) and the north half oil fractional SEQ
ton number thrty-hve tSO) both In frac-
range humber thirty 1907, in formerly
RUSSELL now Lee, county state Of
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth 18th district
rNf tn nf Es,Ia r.,
as lots numbers eighty ak 1867 and eighty
seven 1917 and the west half OF lot number
seventy four VA and fractions NUN Oered
ninety -one (0I ana ninety two l92), and
river and small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by j. r.
Clapp, 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 Muscogee and State Of
Georgia, and together With said lands In Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty 1907 acres more or lees
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing COmpany's buildings on said land ia
Muscogee county, Ca, operated as Cotton
Factory, and with al Of the improvements IN
any manner appendant and appurtensnt
thereto. inclusive, OF the cards, spincles,
looms, machinery and fixtures OF every Kind
whatsoever contained In said buildings; also,
all and singular tho other improvements on
all OF the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company ON and in said
ChattahoOchee 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
Tho ant OF SAID cotton factory consists at
present OF 4, 544 spndles, lI9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
4 500 Yards day Of heaVy sh estings and ghir TT
a Three Varda to The pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aUun-
daut, lands elevated and location OF property
unnupAssed for health. convenience ana eco
nomical production-free from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, vet within three miles OF the city 81
Columbus and three-quarters OF mile Of
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power is the finest IN the South, controlling
and EN- bracing 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 ami Alabama sides OF the river.
Only a small portion Of the water power Is
required and utilized In running the present
mill. and the natural tslls IN me river render
but and simple blank eSR Secssssry a"m rGls
msgnincont water power l. easily controlled
and has a fall of'forty-two and n nall i42I5l
feet within three-quarters W OF a mile.
With comparatively small expenditure
upon a new dam one hundred and twenty
Eve thousand tl25OO0) spiDdles with looms
in proportion can be driven by this water
mower. Capital for theerecton 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;
suection OF capitalists Ia Invited. Full and
satisfactory details will be furnished upon
apphc"'iON' J.RHoDEs BROWNE.
A.ILLGES,