Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-20
Trnal SaIrn.
TRnSTEEs, sAl.E

IkUSIEES' 5ALE.
Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
OF the hnest water power on the Chattahoo-
cnee 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 conditions OF certain deed
or trust executed TO the Undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. Ilges, trustees, by the.
columbus Manufacturing Company, of Mus
| cogee county, State OF Georgia, dated March
/ lst, 1854, whereby the said corporation con-
/ veyed to us all OF the property, real and per-
| sOnai, herein after described, IN trust to
secure the payment of its certain issue OF
| bonds aud the interest coupons thereof az in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (au
of which appears duly Of record in Mortgages
| Deed Book "A, fOos 3G7 TO 3I3 March 5th,
! 1884, in the Clerks Office of Superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia. and IN Record
! Deeds Volume o o, pages s! to SO inclnsive
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 resol utions passed by tho
holders OF said bonds, on April Ath, 1886, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed of
/ trust.
We Will sell in the city Of Columbus Mus
cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day Of Au-
! gust, 1885. between the legal hours of sale, in
| 'front.' OF the Auction House OF f. M. knowle
x Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
| being the usual place for Sherirs sales in
SAID city of Columbus), at public outcry, to
] Lne nlgucsb uluuef, Tor cash. the following ue-
scrbed property Of the Columbus Manufac-
| turing Company, to-wit: All those lots and
! parcels OF land situated. lying and being as
| follows: Fractional section number TWENTY
six (26) and the north half OF fractional Sec
! ton number thirty-dve 1857 both in frae-
| uOnal township number eighteen tlS),
range number thirty tS0), IL formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State OF
Alabama Also the following lots OF lands.
| lying and being in the eighth ,Sth) dis ricG
! of Muscogee county, State of Georgia, known.
"a "a IDr uarNaf aHN ~ "a
seven $50 and the west half Of lot number
| seventy -four (7D and fractions numbered
| ninety ,0D and ninety-twO (92) and
| Island number three (Bl in JhattahOOcne0
| river and n small enclosure situated east OF
| the residence formerly occupied by j. X.
| Clapp, used "a Il residence and grazing lot,
| containing seven q! acres more or less
| All Of said lands last described lying and be-
| ing in the county Of Muscogec and state OF
| Georgia, and together with said lands in Lee
| county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
| and thirty $500 acres more or less.
Also, llOf the 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 appendant and appurtenant
| thereto, inclusive, OF the cards, spinclea,
| 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 all and
| singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
| the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
| and possessed therein under the laws OF
| Georgia.
| The plant Of said cotton factory consists at
| present or 4,544 spindles. ll9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition and
| producing good work. Present capacity
! 1900 yards a day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards TO the pound.
| The operatives houses and improvements
generally ia excellent condition, labor aDun-
dant, lands elevated and location of property
unsurpassed for health, convenience ana eco.
! nOmical prOductiOn-free from the burden Of
municin nal taxes paid by all the other Column
| bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city OF
Columbus and three quarters Of mile Of
! Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
! power Is the lisest 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 tho
| Georgia and Alabama sides OF the river.
| Only 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 IL easily controlled
| and has fall of fOrty-two and nalf 42IS)
feet within three-quarters ~ OF a mile.
| With comparatively small expenditure
| upon new dam one hundred and twenty
| FIVE thousand tl25,000) spindles with looms
| in proportion can be driven by thus water
| power. Capital for the erection OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that is needed 10 make this
| property the cite Of prosperous and pOpu-
| lous manufacturing village. The personal in
specti0n OF capitalists is invited. Full and
satisfactory details will be furnished upon
J.RHoDEs BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,