Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-22
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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 ChattahO0-
chez river, just above the city Of Columbus.
CTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY.
- BY virtue OF the power vested in US un-t
der the terms and conditions OF n certain deed
of trust executed 30 the undersigned. j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lllges, trustees, by the /
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, State OF Georgia, dated M archi
list, 1884, whereby the said corporation con-
veyed TO ne all Of the property. real and per-
sonal, herein after described, IN trust. 10
secure the payment Of IFS 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. fOhOs .OI to 3I3, March 9Th,
1884, in the Clerks Office of Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, aud IN Record
Deeds, Volume o o, pages s. 10 50 inclusive,
March 22d, 1884, office OF The Probate Court in
the countyo OF Lee. State Of Alabama, and IN
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed in the resolutions passed by thei
| holders OF said bonds, on April 2lth. 1896, un
| der the authority conferred by said deed OF
! trust.
We VIII sell in the city Of Columbus. Nus
| cOgee county, Georgia. on the 81 day Of Au-
| gust, 1886. between the legal hours OF sale, IN
| front of the Auction House Of y. M. KnOwle
| n Co, on the northwest corner Of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street).
| being the usual place for Sherihs sales in
| said city OF Columbus), at public cutlery. 70
! the highest bidder, for cash the following de-
| scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
| turing Company, tO-wiJ: All those IOGs and.
| parcels of land situated, lying aud being az
| follows: Fractional section number twenty
| six 1857 and the north half Of fractional sec
ton number thirty-hve ts5) both In frac-
! tlOnal township number eighteen tlb),
range number thirty t5Ol, in formerly
Russell. now Lee, county State Ot
| Alabama. Also the following lOts Of lands
| lying and being in the eighth ssh district
OF MuscORee county. State OF Georgia, known
as lots numbers eighty SIX 1850 aud eighty
seven tS7l and the west half Of lot number
seventy -four 74l and fractions numOered
ninety-one (9D and ninety two tg2), ant
| Island number three t5) In CDattahoOchee.
| river and a small enclosure situated east Of
| the residence formerly occupied by }. X.
| Clapp, used a. residence and grazing lot,
containing seven 40 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 lS90l acres more or less.
Also, an OF the said Columbus Manufactur-
| ing Company's buildings on said land in
| Muscogee county, Ga, operated as a Cotton
| Factory, and with altOf the improvements in
| any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive, Of the cards, spineies,
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
owned and controlled by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChdtlahOOchee FlVef JoRether with oil 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 at
present OF 1914 spindlea, lIS looms aud other
81 table machinery, all in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1850 yards day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
iDgs, three yards 70 the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally IN excellent condition. labor abun-
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health. convenience and eco
nOmical prOductiOn-free from the burden OF
municiDal taxes paid by all the other COlum-
bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city OF
Columbus and three-quariers OF q mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power is the finest in the south, controlling
and embracing the whole bed Of the Chatta-
hOOchee river for the distance OF about QUE
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lauds extending along its banks upon the
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the river.
Only small portion Of the water power Is
required and utilized ia running the present
mil, aDd the natural fails IN the river render
but simple inexpensive dam OF
logs and plank necessary. THIS
and has fan Of forty-two and a half 49,
feet within three quarters ~ Of mile.
With comparatively snail expenditure
upon a new dam one hundred and twenty
I'VE thousand tl2o,OlOl spindles 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 10 maze this
property the site Of prosperous and pOpu-
ious manufacturing lage. The personal in
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
J.RHODEs BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,