Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-22

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cation Factory, together with nearly mile
or the hnesl water power on the Chattahoo-
chez river, lust above the city of Columbu7.
NTAIE or GEORGIA, MUSC0GEE COUNTY.
~ By virtue OF the power vested in US I'M
der the terms and conditions Of atcrtain deed
OF trust executed 10 the undoTslgned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. llgcs, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus-
ooBee 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 ccrtaIn issue Of
bonds and the interest coupona thereof as in
said trust deed speci lied ana enumerated (all
OF which appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A, " fohOs 367 to 373 March 9Th,
1884, in the Clerks. office of Superior Court.
Mubcogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o, pages s. 10 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 2ith, 1856. 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. 1886, between the legal hours of sale, in
front of the Auction House of +. III. hnowie
Co, on the northwest corner of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
being tho usual place for Sherirs sales In
SAID city OF Columbus), at public outcry, TO
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
scrbed property Of the Columbus ManufRc-
turing Company, wit: All those lots and
parcels OF land situated, lying ana DeIng rs
followa: Fractional section number twenty
Blk t26l and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thirty-hve 1889 both In frao-
uonal township number eighteen tlSn
Russell, now Lee, county state OF
Alabama. Also the following lots of lands
lying and being in the eighth tSthl district
of MuscoRec county, State of Georgia. known
as lols numbers eIghty-six 1881 aud eighty
seven $50 and the west half OF lot number
seventy four t74 aud fractions numbered
ninety (9ll ana nlnety-Jwo ,02). and
Island number three t8l in Chattahoochee
river and small enclosure situated east of
the residence formerly occupied by }. X.
Clapp, used as residence and grazing lot,
containing seven "a acres more or less
All OF SAID lands last described lying ana be-
ing in the county of Muscugec and State Of
Georgia, and together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $500 acres more or lees
Also, all of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said land IN
MusCogeC county, Ca, operated IA a Cotton
Factory, aud with all OF the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurlenant
thereto, tnclusive, of the cards, spincles,
looms, machinery and hXLnrcs of every kind
whatsoever contained in said buildings; also,
all and singular the other improvements on
81 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, together with all and
singular the rights and frame hIses by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia
Theplant OF SAID cotton factory consists at
present of4 ,544 spindles, ll9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition aud
producing good work. Present capacity
1850 yards day OF heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards to the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally IN excellent condition, labor apuu-
can't. lands elevated and location OF property
nom cal pr0duction-frse from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, vet l1ithin tlIreemile of the city OF
Columbus and eeSquarlers of mile Of
Columbus and Rome railro1d. The water
power ia the 4nest i'm the south, controlling
and embracing the whole bed of the ChattR-
hoochee river far the Distance df about one
mile along the lands of said company, safd
lands extending along It's banks upon the
Georgia ant Alabama sides Of the river.
OniJsa small p0rtiDn offthe water power IL
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 il easily controlled
and has a fall Of forty-twO and a nalf l42%J
feet within three-quarters 20 or mile.
with a comparatively small expenditure
uDon a new dam one hundred and twenty
in proportion can bo driven by this water
power. Capital for theerection OF additional
mills amt utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is ALI that IL needed 10 make this
property the site of prosue and popu-
ious manufacturing village. The person al in
specton OF capitalists is Invited. Full and
satisfactory details viii be furnished upon
"PP''O''' j. RHODES BROWNE,
n. ILLGEH,