Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-15
Ernnl SaIro.


Property Of the Columbus Manufactures
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.
STATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY.
- By virtue OF the power vested in us I'M
der the terms and conditions Of q certain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne aud A. Illges, trustees, by thet
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus-s
cOgee county, state OF Georgia, dated March
lst, 1854, 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 rs in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (all
OF which appears duly of record In Mortgage
Deed Book "A fOllos 367 to 1913, March 9Th,
1884, in the Clerks Office of Superior Court,
Musc0gee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o q, pages 8! 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 Ath, 1886, 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, 1886, between the legal hours Of sale, ia
front Of the Auction House of r. M. knOwie
N Co, on the northwest corner Of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street).
(belng the usual place for SherifPs sales in
said city Of Columhus), at public outcry. 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 and being rs
follows: fractional section number twenty
six l26l and the north half Of fractional Sec
ton number thirty-hve 1881 both In frac-
tional township number eighteen tlS).
range number thirty 1907, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State OF
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth t8thl dis riot
Of Of
as lots numbers elghty-six 1861 and eighty
seven ISL and the west half Of lot number
scvcnty-four t74 and fractions NUMBERED
ninety-one (9D and nnety-twO 1927, and
Island number three tYl in ChattahOOched
river and q small enclosure situated east of
the residence formerly occupied by j. r.
Clapp. used as a residence and grazing. lot
containing seven ~ acres more or less.
All Of said lands last described lying 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 1907 acres more or less.
Also, all Of tine said Columbus Manufacture
ing Company's buildings on said land in
MuscOgee county, Ca, operated as a Cotton
Factory, and with all OF the improvements in
any manner appeDdant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive. Of the cards, spindles,
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 Colum bus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
Chattahoochee river, together with al and
singular the TiRhts and franchises by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia.
The ant Of said cotton factory consists al
present Of 4,5i4 spiudles. l39 looms and otheE
suitable machinery, all 10 good condition aud
producing good work. Present capacity
z, 500 Yards a day OF heavysheetings and shirt-
ings, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally In excellent condition, labor aqua
dant, lands elevated aud location ofproperty
unsurpassed for health, convenience and eco
nomical production-free from the burden Of
municinal taxes paid by all the other COlum-
bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city OF
Columbus and three quarters Of mile OF
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power IL the hnest 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 its banks upon the
Georgia and 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
but simple inexpensiye dam OF
logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has fail OF f0rty-tw0 and nalf l42lsl
feet within three-quartcrs "a Of mile.
With comparatively small expenditure
npOn new dam one hundred and twenty
Eve thousand tl26O00) spindles with looms
in proportion can be driven by this wafer
power. Capital Tor theereetion Of additional.
mills and utilization Of the immense powers
now wasted b. an that h needed 20 make this
property the site OF prosperous and popu-
lous manufacturing village. The personal in
speciion OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details WA be furnished upon
RHODES BROWNE.
Trustees.