Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-15
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TRUsTEEs, SAFE.

IRCSTEES SALE 70
Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Compile aud fully equipped
Cotton Factory. together with nearly mile
OF the nnesS water power on the Chattab0o-
chee river, just above the city of Columbuss
STATE OF GEORGIA, MUscoGEE COUNTY,
- by virtue OF the power vested in US un !
uer the terms and conditions OF a certain deed
OF trust executed TO the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. Hges, trustees, by the
columbus Manufacturing Company, of Mus
cogee county, State OF Georgia. dated Marchs
lat, 1884, whereby the said corporation eon-{
Neyed TO us an OF the property. real aud per-
sonal, herein after described. in trust, tn
secure the payment of it's certain issue OF
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as In
said trust deed specified aud enumerated (aIn
OF winch appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A" folios 3G7 TO s73, March 5thJ
1854, in the Clerks office of Superior ConrtJ
MuscOgee county, Georgia, and in Record
Deeds, Volume q, pages s. TO IS ineIusive.l
March 22d, 1884, Office OF the Probate Court in
the county of Lee, State OF Alabama, and iu3
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed in the resolutions passed by thu
holders OF said bonds, on April 2fth, 1885. un 4
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
trust.
We VIII sell in the city Of Columbus. Nus
cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day OF Au4
gust, 1888, between the legal hours Of sale, in
'front.' Of the Auction House Of r. M. Knowlel
n Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford streetls
(belng the usual place for Sberifi's sales In,
the highest bidder, for cash, the following de%
scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac7
turing Company, to-wit: All those lots and
parcels OF land situated. lying ana Detng az
follows: fractional section number twenty(
ak t26) and the north half Of fractional sec-l
ton number thiFty-hve 1857 both In .frac-l
range number thirty 1907, in Formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State 90
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth sSth) dis r1o1
MUanOUno cnUufV- ~ UNI
az lots numbers elghty-six 1861 and eightys5
seven (S7 and the west half OF lot numben
seventy -four t7D anc fractions numoered
ninety -one I'D and ninetY-twO 1921, anti
Island number three tSl in Chattahooehee
river and a small enclosure situated east o1
the residence tormerly occupied by j. r.
Clapp, used az n residence and grazing lott
containing seven 40 acres more or less-l
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 said Columbus Manufacture
ing Company's buildings on said land in
Muscogee county, Ga, operated as a Cotton
Factory, aud with all OF the improvements iIf
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive of the cards, spincfesl
looms, machinery and fixtures of every kind
whatsoever contained In said buildings; alsol
all and singular the other improvements on
All OF the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbua
Manufacturing Company on and In said
Chattahoochee river, together with sll and
singular the rights and franchises by the sald
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws Of
Georgia.
The plant OF said cotton factory consists "a
present OF 4,544 spindles, llD looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition aad
producing good work. Present capacity
1880 yards a day Of heavy sheatings and sniFtI
ings, three yards 10 the pound.
The operatives houses aud improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor aBun-
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health. convenience and ecoJ
Domical productiOn-frse from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other COlum-
bus mills vet within three miles of the city %
Columbus and Rome railroad. The Water
power Is the finest in the south, CONTROLLING
and embracing the whole bed OF the Chatta4
hoochee river for the distance Of about ono
mile along the lands of said company, salt
lands extending along its banks upon tba
Georgia and Alabama sides OF the riVer1
Only small portion Of the water power IL
required and utilized in running the presena
mill, ADD the natural falls In the river render
but simple inexpensive dam oG
logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has fail Of forty-two and malt 800
feet within three-quarters "a OF a nfleX
With a comparatively small expendiuura
upon new dam one hundred and twenty-
five thousand tl25,00e) spindles with lOOna
in proportion can be driven by tins water
power. Capital for the erection of additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted s'all that's needed to make thia
property the site OF prosperous and popu-
lOus manufacturing village. The personal in-
spect0n OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details Will be furnished upon
JRHoDEs BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,