Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-28
TRILaTEEs, SAFE

property OF the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
OF the finest water power on the ChattahOO-
chez river, just above the city of Columbus.
STAIE OF GEORGIA, MUsOoGEE COUNTY.
~ By 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. Illges, 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 as in
said trust deed specified and enumerated TALL
of which appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A, folos 367 to 1913, March 5th
1884, in the Clerks ONCE of Superior Court
Mu5cogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o Q, pages 8! to 50 inclusive,
March 22d, 1884, office of 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 Ath, 1885, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust.
coRee county, Georgia, on the 3D. 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 street),
being the usual place for SheTifTs sales In
said city of COlumbus), at public outcry, to
the highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
turing Company, to-wit: All those lots and
parcels of land situated. lying ana Delng as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
six (26) and the north half oil fractional SEQ
ton number thirty.hve 1907 both In frac-
tional township number eighteen Us,
range humber thirty 1907, in formerly
Alabama Also the s0i following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth (8tb) district
OF Muscogee county, state of Georgia, known
as lots numbers eighty six 1857 and eighty
az ut har
seventy -four t74l and fractions mum Oered
ninety-one (9D ana nlnety-two 49,, and
river and small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by j. r..
Clapp, used rs residence and grazing lot,
All Of said lands last described wing 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 tS30) acres more or less
Also, all OF the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said land In
Muscogee county, Ca, operated az a Cotton
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive, Of the cards, spincles,
looms, machinery and hxtures 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
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChattahOochee river, together with all aud
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws of
Georgia.
The D ant OF SAID cotton factory consists at
present OF 4,544 spindles, lI9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all ia good condition aud
producing good work. Present capacity
1880 yards day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards to the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aOun-
daut, lands elevated and location OF property
Unsurpassed for health, convenience and eco
nomical production-froe from the burden OF
municiDAl taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, vet within three miles of the city OF
Columbus and three-q quarters 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-
mile along the lands of said company, said
lands extending along its banks upon the
Georgia AMI 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
magnificent water power ia easily controlled
and has a fall Of forty-two and a nalf (42Ix)
feet within three-quarters ~ Of a mile.
With a comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand tl25,OO0) splndles with looms
in proportion can be driven by this water
power. Capital for heerection OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that is needed to make this
property the site OF prosperous and popu-
lous manufacturing village. The personal in
epection OF capitalists is invited. Fun and
details VIII be furnished upon
app'''"'-' J.RHoDEs BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,