Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-18
TRUSTEES SALE

property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete aud fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly milo
of the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chez river, Just above the city of Columbus
NTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY.
~ BY virtue OF the power vested in US I'M
der the terms and conditions OF n certain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, j.,
Rhodes Browne and A. lllgos, trustees, by tho
bus Manufacturing Company, Of Mus
cogee county, State of Georgia, dated March
lat, 1884. whereby the said corpOr alton con-
yeyed to us all OF the property, real and per-
sonal, heroln after described. in trust, to
secure the payment OF its certain issue of
bonds and the Interest coupons thereof a. in
said trust deed specified and enumerated TALL
of which appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Book "a, - folios 367- to 1913, March 9th,
1894, in the Clerks office OF Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume q, pages 8! 10 81 inclusive,
March 22d, 1854, Office OF the Probate Court in
the county of Lee state of Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed Ia the resolutions passed by the
holders Of said bonds. on A pril oath, 1886, un-
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust
We VIII sell in the city Of Columbus, Mus
cOgee county, Georgia, on the ID day Of Au-
gust, 1886, between the legal hours Of sale, in
'front.' of the Auction House of f. M. KnoWIe
" Co on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tepth formerly Crawford street,,
(being the usual place for onerId7s sales Ia
said city OF Coumbus), AZ public outcrI to
the highest bidder, for Cash, the following de-
scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wib: All those lots and
parcels of land situated. lying ana oeInR as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
six t26) and the north half oil fractional sec
ton number thirty-hve (30) both ia frac-
lional township number eighteen rs,
range humber thirty t30), in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State of
Alabama. Also The following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth 8th) disricg,
OF MusCogee county, state Of Georgia a, known
az lots numbers eighty 1857 and eighty
seven $50 and the west half Of lot number
seventy four t7A ana fractions numbered
ninety -one (9D ana ninety Two t9Zl, and
leland number three 49, In CDattahoochee
riN or and q small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by J. !.
Ciapp, used as "a residence and grazing lot,
containing seven "a acres more or less.
All OF said lands last described lying and be-
ing in the.cOunty of Musoogee and State of
Georgia, aud together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama containing eight hundred
ard thirty tS30) acres more or loss
Also, al Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said Land In
MuscOgee county, Ga, operated as a Cotton
Factory, and with all of the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtepant
thereto. inclusive, of the cards, spinclSs,
luorns, 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
Chattahoochee river, together with all and
! singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
| the Columbus Manufacturing Company helfi
| and possessed therein under the laws OF
| Georgia
| present OF 4,544 spindles, ll9 looms and other
suitable mach pery, all In good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
z, 800 wards "a day of heavy sheetnRs and shirt
iDgs, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses aud improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor aDun-
| dant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsup passed for health. convenience and eco
nomieal ptoduotion--frae from the burden OF
municfpaI taxes paid by all the other Colum-
bus mills, vet within three mtlee of the city OF
Columbus and three-quarters OF mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power is the finest in the South, controlling
and embracing the wfsxle bed OF the Chatta-
hoOchee river FOR the Vistspee of about one
mile along the lands % said company, said
lands extending along IT'S banks upon th6,
Georgia and Alabama sides OF the river
Only small portion Of the water power ia
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 fall OF forty-two and half 1910
feet within three quarters "a of mile.
With comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand tl25, 00e) spindes with looms
in proportion can be driven by tins water
power. Capital for theerection OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that ia needed TO make this
property the site of prosperous and pOpu-
iOus manufacturing village. The personal in
satisfactory details Will be furnished upon
RHODES BROWNE,
a. ILLGEs,