Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-22
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TRUSTEES SALE

Property Of the Columbus Manufactures
Company. Complete and fully equipped
cotton Factory, together with nearly amiie
OF the finest water power on the Cbattahoo-
chee river, Just above the city Of Columbus.
STATE OF GEORGIA. MUscooEE COUNTY.
- BY virtue or the power vested in US un-
Ger the terms and conditions OF certain deed
OF trust executed 10 the undersigned, j..
knOdes Browne and A. Illges, trustees by the
columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, State OF Georgia, dated Marcf
let, 1884, whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed TO US all OF the property. real and per-
s0nal, herein after described, in trust. "a
secure the payment of its certain issue OF
bonds and the interest coupons thereof a in
said trust deed specified and enumerated taH
OF winch appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Book a., folios 1857 70 3IS, March 5ths
1884, IN the Clerks Office Of Superior Court,
Muecogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o, pages 3! TO SO inclusive,
March pa, 1854, Office Of the Probate Court in
the county OF Lee, state OF Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions aud terms
prescribed in tins resolutions passed by the
holders Of said bonds, on April 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 3D. day OF Au-
gust, 1856, between the legal hours OF sale, in
'front.' of the Auction House OF r. NJ knowle
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Ieuth formerly Crawford street,.
(being the usual place for 5heri7s sales in
SAID city of COumbusl, at public cutlery. TO
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wit: All those lOts and
parcels OF band situated, iting ana Delng as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
SIX (26l and the north half OF fractional Sec
ton number thirty-hve tSs) both in frac-
tonal township number eighteen rs,
range number thirty C30), ia formerly
hussell, now Lee, county State of
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth t8ih) dis rlcE
MtfagOREH
aR lots numbers elghty-sX (S6) and eighty
seven $50 and the west half of lot number
seventy -four t7A and fractions numbered
ninety -One (9l and ninoty-twO tg2), amt
Island number three t8l in ChattAhoochea
river and small enclosure situated east of
the residence formerly occupied by j. r..
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 OF
Georgia, and together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty (S30l acres more or less
Also, all of the said Columbus Manufaotur-
ing Company's buildings on said land in
MuscoRee county, Ca, operated as Cotton
Factory, aud with all of the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive. of the cards, spincles
looms, machinery and fixtures Of every kind
whatsoever contained In said buildings also,
all ami 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 ami
singular the rights and franchises by the said
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws or
Georgia.
The ulant OF SAID cotton factory eonsists at
present OF 4,544 spindles, ll9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1880 wards day OF heavy shcotings and shirt
ings, three yards 20 the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
liant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsu pHAsed for health. convenience aud eco
nOmical productiOn-free from the burden OF
municiDal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mllls, yet within three miles OF the city OF,
COLUMBUS and three-quarters Of n 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 thu
Georgia and Alabama sides OF the river.
Only small portion OF the water power IA
required and utilized in running the present.
mill, and the natural falls in the river render
but simple inexpensive dam OF
logs and plank necessary. This
and has fall OF forty-twO and half (4zl<J
feet within three-quarters ~ Of a mile :
With a comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand U25,0Oe) spndles with looms
in proportion can be driven by this water
power. Capital for theerection Of additional
mills and utilization or the immense power
now wasted is all that is needed 20 make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-
lOus manufacturing village. The personal in,
spection OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details wall be furnished upon
'pp'''''' RHODES BROWNE,
- iii''H'' Trustees.