Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-16
TRUSTEES5 SALE

Property OF the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete aud fully equipped
Cotton Factory. together with nearly mile
OF the finest water power on The Chattahoo-
chee river. just above the city Of Columbus.
GTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEg COUNTY
~ BY virtue OF the power yesled in us I'M
der the terms and conditions OF aeertain deed
OF trust executed 10 the undersigned. J.
Rhodes Browne and A. Illges, trustees, by tha
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 Ia
said trust deed specified and enumerated tall
Of which appears duly Of record IN Mortgage
Deed Book "A, j" fOliOs 1857 10 1913, March 9th.
1884, in the Clerks office of Superior Court
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume q %, pages \. to SS 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 tho
holders Of said bonds. on April Gath. 1885. I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
trust.
We will 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 +. NJ. KnOwls
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
| being the usual place for sherds sales in
said city Of COlumbusl, at public cutlery. Go
the highest bidder, for cash the following de-
/ scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
| turing Company, tO-wit: All those lots and
parcels Of land situated, lying and being as
follows: fractional section number twenty.
Fix t25) and the north half of fractional sec
! ton number thirty-ave 1857 both In frac-
tional township number eighteen u.s.,
RUSSELL now Lee. county State OF
Alabama. Also The following lots OF lands
lying and being in the eighth lsih) dis riot
OF MuscOgee county, state Of Georgia, Known.
a IpfE uumhara gIQhtV-EtK fsnI and
seven ls7l and the west half OF lot plumber
seventy -four az ana fractions numbered
ninety-one ,9D and ninety two 1927, and
Island numbfr three ID in Cnattahoochee
river and n 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 ands last descrihed lying and be-
ing In he county Of MuscOgee and State OF
Georgia, and together with said landg In Lee
county, Alabama. containing eight Hundred
and thirty tS30) acres more or less.
Also, all Of the said Columbus Mayufactur-
ing Company buildings on SAID land in
Muscogee county, Ca, operated AT a Cotton
Factory, and with all OF the imDrfvements In
any manner appendant and /ppurtenant
thereto. inclusive. Of the cafs spindles,
looms, machinery and fixtures ~ every kind
whatsoever contained In said 1ildngs; also,
all and angular the other IMPROVEMENTS on
AL OF the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entiH water power
owned aud controlled n said Columbus
Chattahoochee river, toffher with all aud
singular the rights and +. Fnchlees by the said
the Columbus M4nufactgin Company heid
and possessed therein onder the laws OF
Georgia.
The plant Of said cotton factory consists AZ
present OF 4,5i4 spindles, liD looms aud other
suitable machinery, Al 10 good condition and
producing good work. Present ctpacity
1900 yards "A day Of heayyeleetings and shirt
ings. three yards 10 the pound.
The Operatives house aud improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor autn-
dant. lands eeyated aud location OF property
unsurpassed for health. canYenitnce ana eco-
nOmical produefou-ifes from tne burden OF
municipal taxes paid by Ell the other COlum-
bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city OF
Columbus and threc-quariefs OF mile OF
Columbus ana Rome railrrnd. The water
power Is the finest NJ The south controlling
and embracing the whole bed Ofthe ChattA-
bOOchee river Tor the distance 81 about one
mile along the lands OF said company, said
lands extending along iis banks upon the
Georgia ami Alabama sides OF the river.
ONLY 4 email portion ~ She water power IL
required Hnd utilized in running the present.
mill, and the natural falls in tbs river rouder
but simple nexpenslye dam ~ q
@ oss water power Is easily controlled
and has a faU of forty-fwo aud a nalf i2iSl
feet within threa quarters ~ OF mile.
with a comparatively small expenditure
upon a new dam one hundred and twenty.
In proportion eau be driven BY this water
rover. CAPITAL for the erection OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immenee power
now wasted D. all that b needed 70 maze this
property the site Of prosperous and popn-
Ions man liacturing village. The porsonal In
Traction OF capitalists h Invited. Full ana
ssilsfaet o-y details win be furnished upon
'pF'' J. RHODES BROWNE,
Trnsieea.