Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-19
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TRUSTEES SALE

TRUSTEES SALE
Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly milo
OF the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chec river, Just above the city of Columbus.
GTATE or GEORGIA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
~ by virtue OF the power vested in us un-
der the terms and conditions of certain deed
OF trust executed TO the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lllges trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company OF Mus
cogee county, State of Georgia, dated March
lst, 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 its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof % in
said trust deed specified aud enumerated tall
of which appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A, fOlos 367 to 1913, March 6th,
1894, In the Clerks office of Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia. and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o, pages 8! To 20 inclusive,
March 22d, 1884, Office of the Probate Court in
the county of Ice. State OF Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and ternls
prescribed in the resolutions passed by the
holders OF said bonds on April oath, 1885, un
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
trust
We Will sell in the city Of Columbus, Mus
cogee county, Georgia, on the 8d day Of Au
gust, 1886, between the legal hours OF sale, in
'front.' OF the Auction House Of II. M. knowle
N Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford stTeet),
(helnR the usual place for Sncrlffs sales in
said city of COlumbus), mt public cutlery. to
the highest bidder, for Gu sh. the follow ing de-
scribed property OF the Columbus M anufac-
turing Company, o-wlt: All those lots and
parcels OF land situated, lying ana Delng as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
SIX (26) aud the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thirty-hve t3O) both in fraG-
tional township number eighteen tlS d,
range humber thirty t8O) in formerly
Alabama Also the following lots OF lands
lying and being in the eiahth 18th dis RET
OF Muscogee county. State Of Georgia, known
as lots plumbers eighty six 1867 and eighty
seven 1917 and the west half of lot lumber
seventy -four (74 ana iractOns numbered
ninety one l9D and ninety Two 1922, and
Island number three (Y) in Chattahoochee
river and small enclosure situated east of
the resIdence formerly occupied by j. Il
Clapp, used rs a residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or less.
All OF said lands last described lying and be-
ing in tne county of MuscOgee and state of
Georgia, and together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty tS3O) acres more or less
Also, all of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said land In
Muscogee county, Ca, operated as Cotton
Factory, aud with all OF the improvements In
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive, of the cards, spn6 les,
looms, machinery and fixtures OF every kind
whatsoever contained IN said buildings; also,
all and singular tho other improvements on
all of the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columb
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChatLahOOchee river, together with all and
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 4,544 spindlee, li9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 yards day OF heavy sheetings and shirt
inRs three yards TO the pound.
The operatives, houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aDuu-
uant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health, convenience ana eco
nOinical produclion-free from the burden of
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city OF
Columbus and three quarters OF q mile Of
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power IL 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 It's banks upon the
Georgia ami Alabama sides Of the river.
Only a 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 incxpenslye dam p, of
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has a fail Of forty-two and a nalf 42l[)
feet within three-quarters "a Of "A mile.
With a comparatively small expenditure
upon a new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand tl25,00o) spindles with looms
in proportion can be driven by this water
power. Capital for theerectiOn Of additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted Ia all that is needed to make this
property the site of prosperous and popu-
lous manufac turing village. The personal in
specton Of capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details will be furnished upon
"Pi'''N J.RHODEs BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,