Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-13
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TRUSTEES 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-
chez river, Just above the city OF Columbus.
&TATE OF GEORGIA. MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
~ By virtue OF the power vested in US I'M
der the terms and condltlOns of n certain deed
or 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-
Neyed to MS all of the property, real and per-
sonai, herein after described. in trust, 70
secure the payment of its certain issue of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
ealt trust deed specified and enumerated (AIl
OF which appears duly of record in Mortgage
Deed Book A fOIiOs 367 to 3I3, March 9TH,
1884, IN the Clerks Office Of Superior Court,
MuscORee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o o, pages s.. to IS inclusiye
nj arch 23d, 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 24th, 1895, un-
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, 1856, between the legal hours OF sale, in
front OF the Auction House OF f. Nj. Knowle
Co, on the north west corner of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
being the usual place for SneritPs sales in
said city of COiumbus), at public cutlery. to
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
sCTiDeu property OF the Columbus MauufaC-
turing Company, to- wit: All those lots and
parcels of land situated, lying ana Delng az
follows: Fractional section number twenty
Elk l26l and the north haif oil fractional sec
ton number thirty-hve (3S) both in frac-
tonal township number eighteen Us,
range number thirty 1907, in formerly
Alabama. Also The following lots Of lands
living and being in the eighth 18th dis rlcG
of Muscogee county, state of Georgia, known
as lots numbers eighty six 1861 aud eighty
q lot
seventy four "a and fractions numbered
nlnety-one sVD ana ninety Two 1927, and
Island number three (s) In Chattahoochee
river and small enclosure situated east Of
the fesidence formerly occupied by j. r..
Clapp used as residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ID acres more or less
III of said lands last described lying and be-
ing in the county Of Muscogee and State Of
Georgia, ami together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty J8S0l 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, and with all of the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtepant
thereto, inclusive, of the cards, spincles,
looms machinery and fixtures 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
owned and controlled by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChattahoOchee river. tOgeh her with all and
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under tine laws OF
Georgia
The D ant OF SAID cotton factory consists at
present of ,544 spindles, 40 looms and other
suitable macbi merry, all in good condition aud
1890 yards day OF heavy sheetipgs and shirt
ings, three Yards 70 the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
uant, lands elevated and location OF property
Unsurpassed for health. convenience and eco
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, vet within three miles of the city OF
Columbus and threc-q uariers 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-
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along It's banks upon the
Georgia and Alabama sides OF the river.
Only II 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
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has "A fall OF fOrty-twO and a half (421<)i
feet within three-quarters "a of a mile.
With IA comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
I've thousand tl26,O0c) spindles with looma
in proportion can be driven by tins water
power. Capital for the erection OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that Is needed to make thid
property the site OF prosperous and popu-
lOus manufacturing village. The personal in
spectiOn OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details Will be furnished upon
J. RHODES BROWNE,
ALLEGES,