Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-02
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TRUSTEES SALE


Property Of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete add fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly milo
OF tue hnest water power on the Chattah0o-
chez river, just above the city OF Columbus.
ANTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsgOGEE COUNTY.
~ Ky virtue OF the power vested IN US un-
der the terms and conditions OF n certain deed
OF trust executed TO the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lllges, trustees, by the
Columbus Misunderstanding Company, OF Mas
coRee county, State OF Georgia, dated March
let, 1884, whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed to 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 tho interest coupons thereof As in
SAID trust deed specified and enumeratedi( Tall
OF which appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Book "a, foiiOs 3d7 TO S73 March 5th,
1884, in the Clerks Office of Superior Court
M uscogee county, Georgia, aud IN Record
Deeds, Volume o o, pages g. TO IS inclusive.
March 22d, 1884, Office or the Probate Court in
the county OF 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 Mth, 1885. I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
trust.
We VIII sell in the city of Columbus. Mus
cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day of Au-
gust, 1885, between the legal hours Of sale, IN
front Of the Auction House of Y. NJ. Knowle
\ Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford streetl.
(being the usual place for SherifFs sales in
SAID city of COlumbush at public Outcry. to
the highest bidder, for each. the following de-
scrlbed property OF the Columbus MAnufac-
turing Company, to-wit: An those lots and
parcels of land situated, lying and being as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
SIX t26) aud the north half OF fractional Sec
ton number thirty-ilve 1851 both in frae-
tional township number eighteen ISL
range number thirty t2Ol, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State OF
| lying and being in the eiGhth t8th) dis riot
OF Muscogee county, state OF Georgia, known
as lots numbers elghty-six 1881 and eighty-
seven $50 and the west half Of lot number
seventy four t7A and fractions numbered
ninety lone (9ll and ninetY-twO 1927, aud
Island number three 90 in Chattaboochce
river ana small enclosure situated east OF
| the residence formerly occupied by j. Il.
! 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 Musoogee and State OF
Georgia, and together with said lands in Ice
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
| and thirty iS30) acres more or less
Also, all OF the said Columbus Manufacture
ing Company's buildings on said land Ia
MuscOgee county, Ga, operated as COtHon
Factory, and with all Of the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive, OF the cards, sptncles,
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
Chattahoochee river, together with all aud
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 at
| present OF 4,544 spindlea, iIs looms and other
suitable machinery, All in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
| 1900 yards day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor aDlin-
dant, lands elevated and location of property
unsurpassed for health. convenience ana eco
nOmioal prOduCtiOn-free from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other Colum-
bus mills, yet within three miles of the city OF
Columbus and throe-q 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-
hOocheo river Tor the distance OF about one
mile along the lands Of said company, said
| lands extending along its banks upon tho
Georgia and Alabama sides of the river !.
| Only small portion of the water power is
/ required and utilized in running the present
! mill. and the natural falls in the river render
but simple inexpensive dam OF
oss sna watf1 nRS SsT eoaroas
and has "a fall OF fOrty-two and a MALT f42lS)
feet within three-q uarters ~ OF mile !.
With comparatively small expenditures
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand tl25,000) epindles 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 Is all that Is needed TO make this
property the site OF n prosperous and pOpu-
lOus manufacturing village. The personal in
spection OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
J. RHODES BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,
Trustees