Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-26
EroaI Salrn.
ThUsTEEs' SALE


Property Of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fuzzy equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
Of the finest wafer power on the ChattahoO-
chez river, just above the city oi Columbus,
GTATE OF GEORGIA. MUsCOGEE COUNTY.
- BY virtue OF the power yes ed in us UNI
Ger the terms aud conditions Of certain deed
OF trust executed 20 the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lliges trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
coRee county, state Of Georgia, dated March
lst, 1854, whereby the said corporation con-
veyed 70 Us all of the property, real and per-
sOnal, herein after described. IN trust. To
secure the payment of It's certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
said trust deed specified and enumerated tall
Of which appears duly OF record IN Mortgage
Deed Book "A folioe 3j1 10 1913, March 9th,
1891, In the Clerks Office OF superior Court,
MuscOgee county, Georgia. ana IN Record
Deeds, Volume o q, pages s! to % inclusive,
March 22d, ] -. Office OF the Probate Court in
the ccnntyOf 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 2ith, 1856. I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust.
We Will cell in the city Of Columbus, Mus
cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day Of Au-
gust, 1886, between the legal hours OF sale, in
front Of the Auction House Of r. NJ. knOwle
~ Co, on the uOrJhwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,.
(being the usnal place for SheriTs sales in
SAID city Of Columbusl, Of public outcry. "a
Nlc NlHntsl DluItf. Tor ca 4N+ the I0iOWlkN Qt@
scribed property Of the Columbus MaDufac.
turing Company, tO-wit: All those lots anc
parcels Of land situated, lying aud being az
follows: Fractional section number twenty.
six (26) and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thirty-hye 1857 both Ia lrac-
tioual township number eighteen u.s.,
range number thirty CO), m formerly
Russell. now lee, county state OF
Alabama. Also khe following lots Of lands
lying and being 10 the eighth lSth) dis rlcr
OF Muscogee county. state of Georgia, known
as lots numbers elghty-alX 1867 and eighty
seven (sT and the west half ~ lot number
seventy four az ana fractions numbered
ninety lone l9D and ninety two 1927. and
Island numb three Cd ia CnattahOOchee
river and a small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by j. x.
! Clapp, used "a residence and grazing lot.
containing seven ~ acres more or less.
A u OF SAID lands last DESERT ed lying ana 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 ls30l acres more or less
Also, an 81 the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing COmpany'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 cards, epincles,
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 Columbus
MuuuidctNfiuE company on ana IN sal0
Chattahoochee river. together with 81 and
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
The Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia.
Tire plant or SAID cotton factory consists At
present Of 1914 spiudles. l4S looms and other
su table machinery, an In good condition aud
producing good WORK. Present capac4ay
$500 yards a day Of heavy sheetiugs and shirt
ings three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and Improvements
generally Ia excellent condition. labor auun-
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health. convenience ana eco
nOmical prOductiOn-free from the burden Of
municinal taxes paid by ali the other COlum-
bus mills. yet within three milee OF the city OF
Columbus and three quarters of a mile Of
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power ID the finest in the South, controlling
and embracing the whole bed OF the Chatta-
hoOchee river Tor the distance of about one
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along lie banks upon the
Georgia ami Alabama sides OF tho river.
Only n small portion Of the water power h
req ured and utilized in running the present
mill. and the natural falls in the river render
! but simple inexpensive dam OF
logs and plank necessary. THIS
magnificent water power is east con rolled
and has fail OF fOrty-twO aud a half l8z1fl
feet within tire quarters ~ OF q mile.
With comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand tl25,Oe0l epindlcs with looms
in proportion can be driven by this water
power. Capital for the erection OF additional
mills and utilization Of the immense power
now wasted ia an that is needed 70 make this
property the site or prOap erOus ana pOpu-
ious manufacturing village. The personal in
etccti0n Of capitalists Is invited. Full and
satisfactory details WI be furnished upon
"PP'''"''''' J.RHODFs BROWNE.
A. ILLGE5,