Savannah morning news., 1886-06-10
ErnaI Salre.
TRUSTEES SALE

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cation Factory, together with nearly mile4
OF the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chez river. just above the city OF Coumbus.i
GTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsoOGEE COUNTY,
~ BY virtue OF the power vested in us un-
der the terms and conditions Of a certain deedt
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 COM
veyed TO us all OF the property, real and per-
sOnal. herein after described. IN trust, tOl
secure the payment OF its certain Issue %
bonds and the interest coupons thereof rs in
SAID trust deed specified and enumerated (alll
Oi which appears duly OF record in MortgAgei
Deed Book "A" folios 867 TO 1913. March bth,l
1884, In the Clerks Office Of Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, aud In RecOrdi
Deeds, Volume D O, pages 8! 10 50 pcluaYe,i
NJ arch I'D, 1884 Office OF the Probate Court I'M
the county OF Lee state OF Alabama, aud ina
conformity with the directions and termsl
prescribed in the resolutions passed by thel
holders OF said bonds, on April Path, lSs6, un-
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust.
We VIII sell in the city of Columbus, Mua-'
cOgee county, Georgia, on the 81 day OF An-
gust. 1886, between the legal hourh OF sale, in
front of the Auction House Of r. M kpOwiet
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,
(beinR the usual place for SheriGs sales inl
sad city OF Columbus), at public outcry. to4
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de4
scribed property OF the Columb bus Mannfac-4
turing Company, to-wit; All those lots snd
parcels of land situated. lying ana Delng aAl
follows: Fractional section number twenty-
six (26) and the north half OF fractional sec
tion number thirty-nve (S5) both In frao-
tional township number eighteen uS),{
range number thirty t8O), in formerlyl
Russell, now Lee, county state OF
Alabama. Also the following lots OF landai
lying and being in the eighth (8th) dsirfcEl
Of Muscogee county, state of Georgia, Known
as lots numbers eighty y-six 1851 and eighty,
seven (s7l and the west half Of lot number,
seventy y-four IA and fractions numOefedl
niRety-one (yll and ninety-tWo ig2), andt
Island number three OBJ in ChattahoOcheof
river and q small enclosure situated east Oh
the residence formerly occupied by J. R.l
Clapp, used as a residence and grazing lOt,{
containing seven (7) 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 ssid lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty (830l acres more or less f-i1
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said land in
MuscOgee county, Ca, operated as a Cotton
Factory, and with all of the improvements ind
any manner appeLdant and appurtenanE
thereto. inclusive, OF the cards, spindles,i
looms, machinery and fixtures of every kindi
whatsoever contained IN said buildings; also,l
all and singular the other improvements ons
al Of the lands Aforementioned amt
owned and controlled by said Columbusi
Manufacturing Company on and in saidl
ChatbdnoOCnee river, t0getner with hil ann4
singular the rights and franchises by the saidt
the Columbus Manufacturing Company heidi
and possessed therein under the laws of3
Georgia.
The pl ant Of said cotton factory consists at
present of ,544 spindles, lI9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition andt
producing good work. Present c9pacityi
1900 yards q day OF heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aBun-
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health, cOnyenience and eco
nOmical prOduetiOn-free from the burden OF
munciDal taxes paid by all the other COium-
bus mills, yet within three miles Of the city OF
Columbus and three quarters of a mile OF,
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power is the finest in the South, controlling
and embracing the whole bed OF the Chatta-
hoOohee river for the distance of about Onei
mile along the lands OF said company, said
lands extending along its banks upon tile
Georgia and Alabama sides OF the river.
Only small portion Of the water power IL
required and utilized in running the present
mill, and the natural falls in the river render
but simple inexpensive dam Of
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has fall OF forty-twO and a half 42Ikl
feet within three-quarters ~ OF n mile.
With comparatively small expenditures
upon new dam one hundred and twenty-t
i've thousand tl25,0Ool epndles with looms
in proportion eau be driven by this water
power. Capital for theerecton OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense pOwert
now wasted is all that is needed 10 make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-
lous mannfacturin9vi The personali in
spectiOn Of capitalists Is invited. Full and
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
J. RHODES BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,