Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-27
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TRUSTEES SALE


Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Netton FACTORY, together wi Tn nearly . mile
Of the Finest water power on the Chattahoo-
cnee river, just above the city OF Columbus.
&TATE OF GEORGIA. MusOOGER COUNTY.
- BY virtue OF the power vested in US I'M
Ger the terms and conditions of aCertain decd
OF trust executed 10 the undersigned. J..
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, state OF Georgia, dated March
lst' 1855 whereby the said corporation con-
Neyed 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 tntereet coupons thereof rs in
said trust deed specified and enumerated TALL
OF which appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A, fOhOs BIZ to 1913, March stu,
1854, in the Clerks office of superior Court.
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o ., pages s! to IS 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 24th, 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 she Sd day Of Au-
gust. 1886, between the legal hours of sale, in
front OF the Auction House Of +. NJ. Knowle
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street aud Tenth formerly Crawford street,.
tbeing the usual place for Sheri1Ts sales in
said city Of Columbusl, at pablo outcry. to
the uiguest hlddcf, Tor cAan. the following de-
scribcd property OF the Columbia Manufac-
turing Company. tO-wit: All those lots and
parcels of land situated. lying and being as
follows; fractional section number twenty (
Six go and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thrty-hVe 1857 both in frac-
uonal township number eighteen I8), {
range number thirty S0), in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county state OF
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being m the eighth t8h) die rlcJ
OF Muscogee county. state OF Georgia, Known
as lots numbers eighty-siX 1851 and eighty
seven 80 and the west half OF lot number
seventy four (7l and fractions numbered
ninety-One t9D and ninetY-twO 1927, and
Island number three (8l in Chattahoocheei
river ana small enclosure situated east OF
tho residence formerly occupied by j. r.. 7
Clapp, ueed "a a residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or lees.
All OF SAID lads last described lying and be-
ing IN the county OF MuscOgee and State of
Georgia, and together with said lands in Lee 4
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $50 acres more or less
Also, an of the said Columbus Manufacture
ing COmpany's buildings on said land in
Muscogee county, Ga, operated % COttons
Factory. aud with all OF the improvements TN
any manner appendant and appurteRant
thereto, inclusive. of the cards, spindlee,
looms. machinery and fixtures of every kind
whatsoever contained IN said buildings; also,
all and angular the other improvements on
all OF the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water poweri
owned and controlled by said ColumO us
ChattahOochee river, together with all and
singular the rights and franchises by tine SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
aud possessed therein under the laws Of
Georgia.
The plant OF said cotton factory consists at
present OF ASA spindles, 100 looms and other
suitable machinery, all IN good condition aud
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 yards day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings. three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally In excellent condition. labor anun-
daDt, lands elevated and location OF property
Unsurpassed for health. convenience ana eco
montreal prOductiOn-free from the burden OF
municipal taNes paid by all the other Column I
bus MILE, vet within three miles OF the city OF
Columbus and three-q OF q mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power IL the finest IN the south, controlling 4
and embracing the whole bed OF the Chatta-l
hOochee river for the distance Of about 0ne
mule along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along its banks upon th0
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the rivera
Only a 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 %
logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has a fall Of fOrty-two and a half l32lS1
feet within three quarters 20 Of a mile.
With a comparatively small expenditures
upon q new dam one hundred and tWenty-
in proportion can he driven by this waite r
power. Capital for the erection OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that is needed 70 make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-l
lOus manufacturing village. The personal in
spection OF capitalists il invited. Full aud
satisfactory details will be furnished uponl
J. RHODES BROWNE,
a. ILLGES,
Trustees.