Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-25
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TRUsTEES, SALE


Property OF the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
or the hnest water power on the ChattahoO-
chez river, jest above the city OF Columbus.
GrATE OF GEORGIA, MUscoGEE COUNTY.
- BY virtneOt the power vested in us un-
uer the ternas and conditions Of aeertain deed
OF Irns. executed % the undersigned, J.
Rhodes Browne and A. IIlges. trustees BY the
columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, Sttle0f Georgia, dated March
LIST, 1888, wheraby che said corporation oon-
VeYed 10 rs all ofthe property, real and per-
sonal, herein after described. in trast, "a
secure the payment Of its certaln issue Of
honda and the interest coupons thereof As in
said trust deed speoiiled aud enumerated GALL
Of which appears duly OF record in Mortgage
Deed Beck "A" folios 367 To a73, March sch,
1884, In the Clerks Office of Superior Court,
n nSsSoESe o eSgn Geersis and y seeard
March 22d, 1884 Office OF the Probate Court in
the county Of Lee, State Of Alabama, aud in
conformity with the directions and terms
preacr1ben in the res0tuttons 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
cogoecounty, Georgia. on the Sd day Of Au-
gust, 1875, between the legal hours OF sale, in
front of theiAnction House Of +. NJ. KDOwle
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
(being the usual place for Sherifrs sales In
said city Of ColHmbus), ut public ontcry. 20
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
seFloed property OF the Columbus Manufae-
turing Company. to-wit: An those lots and
parcels Of land sstaated, lying fAud Deng as
follows; Fractional section number twenty
six t26l and the north half OF fractional Sec
ton number thirty-hve $3.50 both Ia frac-
tional township number eighteen Us,
range number thirty (S0l, in formerly
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and heing in the eighth l8th) dis rice
OF Muscogee county. state OF Georgia, known
as lots nantbsrs eighty six iSe) and elshty-
seven tS7l. and the west half Of lot number
seVenty-fOur GH and fractl0ns NUMBERED
ninety Oh and ninety two 1927, amt
BLAND number three Gl In ChattahO0ehee
river and small enclosure situated east OF
tho residence formerly occupied by j. r.
Clapp, used ~ residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or less.
All ofraid lands last described lying and be-
ing IN che county Of MuscOgae and State Of
Georgia and together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty tS30) acres more or leHa-
Also, all OF the said Columbus Manufacture
ing CompanY's buildings ON said land Ia
Muscugee county, Ca, Operated as Cotton
Fact9ry,a aud with oil OF the improvements IN
any maDner appendant and appurtenant
thereRo. inclusive. OF the cards, spindies,
looms, machinery and fixtures OF every Kind
Whatsoever contained in said buildings; also,
all ana SIN gular the other improvements on
all OF a the lands Aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbus
ChAttaheociee river, Together with al and
singular tho rights and franchises by the said
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws Of
georgia.
The plant nj SAID Gotten factory consists at
present OF 1914 spindfes. lI9 loems and other
saits bic machinery, al IN gsod condition add
producing god work. Present capacity
1850 yards .. day ef'aeayy sbeetngs and shirt
iBgb, three zaras4to the pound
The opcratiTes' houses and improvements
generally 10 exceheut con ftSon, labor aDun-
daut, .taISis eieyztedl sIBi location OF property
unsnpassed for hsieitia. scSnf enieDce and eco
nonical praduc t40n-free Evm tire burden OF
muniefsai taxes paid by all the ether C0ium
bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city OF
Columbus and three-HuaRtersa0f mile OF
COLUMBUS ami m84A railroad. The water
power is the 0n4A8 in the South, controlling
and euabracinR sac whole bel ofthe Chatta-
hoochee river Tor the distdhee OF about 0ne
mile al0Hg the lands OF sMt compaoy, said
lands extending stl@Hg its nanks upon tbe
Georgia and Alabama gdes Of the river.
Only a small portion Of the water power Is
l.Teaniredaa utillzed. in running the present
mill, aBdthe natural FAIRS nthe river render
but simple Inexpensive dam ~, OF
loEs anu plank necessary. The, TINS
and has a fan OF forty-twO ana nalff425<)
feet Witnln three-euarters ~ Of q mile.
With q comparatively small expenditure
upon a new dam one hundred and twenty
i've Thousand tl25, 0Oe) spiDdles with looms
In proportion can DO driven by thls water
power. Capital for the erection 81 additional
mDls and utilizatfon Of the immense power
now wasted Is all that isneeded TO make this
property TN. site ofsproepsreas and popu-
lous manufActurib gviflage- The personal in
spection OF capitalists H. invited. Fulland
satisfactory details Will be furnished upon
"PP''0~ gRHODEs BROWNE.
A. iAiN'h0' rrustess.