Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-30
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 she city Of Columbus
GTATE OF GEORGIA. MUscoGEE COUNTY.
~ by virtue OF the power vested in us I'M
der the terms and conditions Of \ certain deed
OF trust executed 90 the undersigned. j.
Rhodes Browne and A. Iilges, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
oogee 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 a. In
said trust deed specified and enumerated (all
OF which appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Book IA foliOs 1857 TO 1913. March 9Th,
1884, IN the Clerks office of Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o o, pages s. to IS inclusive,
March 2pi, 1884, Office OF the Probate Court In
the county Of Lee, state OF Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and terms
presUcbSd in the resolutions passed by tho
holders OF said bonds, on April Path, 1885, un-
trust.
We VIII sell In the city Of Columbus, Mus
cOgee county, Georgia, on the 3D. day OF Au-
gust, 1886, between the legal hours Of sale, in
front OF the Auction House Of II. M. Knowle
a Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
tbeng the usual place for sheriil's sales In
said city OF COlumbus), at public outcFy. 20
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 and being az
follows; Fractional section number twenty
six t25) and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thirty-hve tS5) both In frac-
tiOnal township number eighteen (l8),
range pnlseu number thirty GOl, ~ formerly
A alabama. Also the following lOts Of lands
lying and being In the eighth l8th) district
OF Muscogee county. State OF Georgia, Known
n lnf ntrr
seven (s7l and the west half Of lot number
seventy -four t7b ana fractions numbered
ninety-one l9D and ninety-two l82), and
Island number three 90 Ia ChattahOOchee
river and a small enclosure situated east ~
the residence formerly occupied by j. r,
Clapp, used as residence and grazing lot
containing seven tD 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 (S30l acres more or less.
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufacture
ing C0mpany's buildings on said land in
MuscOgee county, Ca, operated as a Cotton
Factory, and with all OF the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive. OF the cards, spincles,
looms, machinery and fixtures OF every kind
whatsoever contained In said buildings; also,
all and singular the other improvements on
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company on and In said
ChattahOOchee river, together with all aud
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia.
The plant Of said cotton factory consists al
present OF 4,54 spindles, lI9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all In good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 yards day OF heavy 8heetings and shirt
inRs, three yards 10 the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally In excellent condition. labor aUun-
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health. convenience and eco
nOmlcal Professionalism from the burden Of
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, yet within three miles of the city o.
Columbus and three-quarters OF mile Of
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power is the finest IN the south, controlling
aud embracing The whole bed Of the ChattA.
hoocheo river for the distance Of about one
lands extending along ite banks upon the
Georgia AMI Alabama sidea % the river.
ONLY IL small portion OF the water power L
required and utilized IN running The present
mill, aud the natural falls in The river render
but simple Inexpensive dam , Of
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has a fan o. fOrty-twO aud a haif ii2lsl
feet within throa-quartors ~ of q mile.
with comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty.
i've thousand ll25.000l rpindles with looms
In proportion can be driven BY tina waier
power. Capital for thccrpction OF additional
mills and utilization or The inmenen power
nov wasted u ali that % needed 90 maze THE
property the site 81 prosperous Nnd popn.
l0us manufnctnrinFvilage The pcraonalln.
fpection OF capitalists "a Invited. Pull ana
satisfactory details wiii b Furnished upon
RHODES BROWNE,
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