Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-11
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Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
OF the Finest wafer power on the ChattahO0-
clee river, jest above the city Of COlumbusr
GTArE Of GEORGIA, MUsCOGEK COUNTY
| ~ by virtue OF the power yes ed in us I'M.
der the terms and conditions Of certain deed
/ o. trust executed to the undersigned, j.
| Rhodes Browne and A. lllges trustees, by the
| Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mas
/ cogee county, state OF Georgia, dated Marck
! lst, 1884. whereby the said corporation cons
! veyed to MS all OF the property. real and per-
sonal, herein after described, IN trnst, u
secure the payment Of itA certain issue O4
| bonds and the interest coupons thereof as Ii
said trust deed specified and enumerated (aH
! OF which appears duly of record in Mortgage
! Deed Book "A. fOlios 357 TO 1913, March 9Th
1854, in the Clerks Office Of Superior Court
| Muscogce county, Gee gia, aud IN Record
| Deeds, Volume o q, pages s! 10 50 inclusive
| March 22d, 1884. Office OF the Probate Court In
the county OF Lee, State Of Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and termf
prescrlbed in the resolutions passed by the
holders OF said bonds, on April 2ith. 1856, IN
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
| trust.
We will sell in the city Of Columbus. Mus
cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day Of Au-
| gust, 1856, between the legal hours OF sale, in
! front of the Auction House OF r. Nj. hnowle
/ N Co, on the northwest corner Of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
/ (heing the usual place for Sherins sales in
/ SAID city of Columbus, at public cutlery, TO
] the inquest DluQef, Tor cas- the following ue-
! scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
/ turing Company, t0-wit: All those lots and
/ parcels OF lana situated, lying aud being as
/ follows: Fractional section number twenty
| ak ,2j) and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thrty-hve 1857 both in frae-
| uoual township number eighteen llSl,
range number thirty 0O), IN formerly
| Russell, now Lee, county state OF
/ Alabama Also the following lots of lands
lying and being in the eighth lsth) dis riot
OF Muscogee county state of Georgia, known
as lots numbers eighty-six 1850 and eighty
| seven $50 and the west half OF lot number
| seventy -four t7H and fractions numbered
ninety-One ,9D and ninety two 1927, and
! Island number three 49, in Chattahoochee
river and small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by j. z.
/ Clapp, used as 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 Oh
| 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 Manufactur-
| ing Company's buildings on said land in
! MuscOgee county, Ca, operated as a Cotton
! Factory, and with all Of the improvements in
any manner Rppendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive, of the cards, spindies,
! 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
/ Manufacturing Company on and IN said
/ ChattahoOphee river, tOgether with all and
singular the rights aud franchises by the saId
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
/ and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia.
The d ant of said cotton factory consists at
present OF 4,54 spiudles, l49 looms and other
suitable machinery, all In good condition and
/ producing good WORK. Present capacity
/ 1880 yards a day Of heavyshestings and shirt
] ings, three yarus to the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
/ generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
dant lands elevated aud location of property
/ unsurpassed for health. COINCIDENCE ana eco
nOmical productiOn-frae from the burden OF
muncinal taxes paid by all the other COlum
bus mills. vet within three IA lies OF the city Of
/ Columbus and three quarters Of a mile Of
/ Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power ia the finest in the south, controlling
and embracing 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 its banks upon the
| Georgia and Alabama sides of the river.
/ only small portion Of the water power Is
required and utilized in running the present
mill, aud the natural falls in the river render
| but simple inexpensive dam OF
| logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power Is easily controlled
| and has a fall Of forty-twO aud half l42lz)
feet within three-quartcrs "a of a mile.
| With q comparatively small expenditure
upon a new dam one hundred and twenty
! five thousand tl25,O00l spindles with looms
| in proportion can be driven by this water
/ power. Capital for heerectOn Of additional
4 mills and utilization Of the immense power
! now wasted Is all that il needed TO MAKE this
/ property the site OF prosperous and pOpu-
! lOus manufacturing village The personal in
| spectiOn OF capitalists is invited. Full aud
satisfactory details Will be furnished upon
j. RHODES BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,