Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-15
TRUSTEES SALE

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.
SIATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY.
~ BY virtue OF the power vested in w UNI
der the terms and conditions Of IA certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned. j.
Rhodes Browne and A. llges trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus-
cogec county, State Of Georgia, dated March
LIST, 1884. whereby the said corporation CON
Ncyed To us all of the property. real and per-
sonal, herein after described, IN trust, TO
secure the payment Of lis certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof 90 in
said trust deed specified aud enumerated (all
of which appears duty Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book "a follos 3I7 to 373, March 5th
1884, In the Clerks office of Superior Court.
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume q o, pages &! to SO 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 2ith, 1886, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust
We VIII sell in the city OF Columbus. Mus
Cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day of Au-
gust, 1885, between the legal hours of sale, in
'front.' OF the Auction House of F. M. knowle
Co, on the northwest corner of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
being the usual place for SneriGs sales in
sald city of Columbus), at public outCrv, 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 land situated, lying ana pemg as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
ak (56) and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thlrty-hve t3O) both in frac-
tional township number eighteen tlS
range number thirty (S0), in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State OF
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth (SthD dis rct
Of NuscOgee county, State of Georgia, known
70 lots numbers elghty-siX 1857 and eighty =
seven ts7l and the west half Of lot number
sevcnty four 7A ana fractions numbered
ninety one go and ninety two t92l, ami
Island number three 81 in Chattahoochee
river and a small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by j. X
Clapp, used as a residence and grazing lot,
containing seven "a acres more or less.
An Of said lands last described lying and be-
ing in he county of Huscogee and State Of
Georgia. and together with said lands In Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $500 acres more or less
Also, all OF the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said LAID In
MuscORee county, Ca, operated as Cotton
Factory, and with all of the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive, of the CARDS, spincles,
looms, machinery and dXtures 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 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, 5l4 spindles, li9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition. and
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 yards a day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards to the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
dant, lands elevated and location Of property
unsurpassed for health, convenience and eco
nomical production-free from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, yet within three mrles 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 whole bed OF the Chatta
hoochee river for the distance of about one
mile along the lands of said company, said
lands extending along lis banks upon the
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the river.
Only 4 small portion Of the water power Is
required and utilized in running the present
but simple inexpensive dam Of
logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has Il fan of forty-two and 4 half t42lS)
feet within three-qnarters ~ Of a mile
With "A comparatively gnan expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
i've thousand u25,OOol spindles with looms
IN proportion can be driven by tins water
power. Capital for tbeerecton OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that IS needed 10 make this
property the site of prosperous and popu-
ious manufacturing village. The personal in
epection OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
"pP'''"'''-' j. RHOnEs BROWNE,
A. ii'A'O'' Trpstees.