Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-30
Eelat SaIen.
TRUSTEES SALE

Property OF the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
of the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
chez river, Just above the city Of Columbus.
GyTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
- BY virtue OF the power vested in us I'M
der tho terms and conditions of aCertain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lllges, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF MuB-
cogee county, State OF Georgia, dated March
Ist loSi, whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed to us all OF the property. real and per
sunal. herein after described, IN trust, to
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof "a in
of which appears duly of record in Mortgage
Deed Book a. folos 1857 TO ai3, March 9th,
1854, IN the Clerks office of superior Court,
MuscoRee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o o, pages 8! 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 2ith, 1885, I'm
der the authority conferred by said decd OF
trust
We VIII 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 Z. NJ. KnOwle
Co on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
(being the usual place for SneriTs sales in
SAID city of COlumbus), at public OutCry, to
scribed property of the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, tO-wit: All those lots aud
parcels OF land situated, lying ana nelng as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
SIX ,26) and the north half OIL fractional sec
ton number thirty-hve 1881 both in fra6-
tlonal township number eighteen (l8.,
range humber thirty CO., in formerly.
Russell, now Lee, county state Of
Alabama. Also the following lota OF lands
Wing and being in the eighth .3th) DIS ,rIct
OF Muscogee county, State Of Georgia, known
az l.fa hnr a at.Fbt
seven 50 and the west half OF lot number
sc"enty -four "a ana fractions numbered
ninety-one l9D ana ninety Two 1872, and
Island number three 49, in CbattahOOchee
river and a small enclosure situated east of
the residence formerly occupied by J. r
Ciapp, used "a residence and grazing lot,
containing seven "a acres more or less
All OF said lands last described living and be-
ing in the county of Muscogee and State Of
Georgia, and together with said lands in iee
county. Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty ,830) acres more or less
Also all OF the said Columbus MauuiActur-
ing Company's buildings on ssid land Ia
au'cogee county, Ca, operated az q Cotton
Factory, and with all OF the improvements IN
any manner appendant and appurienant
thereto, inclusive, OF tue cards, Hpindles,
looms, machinery and iiXtures Of every Kind
whatsoever contained IN said buildings; also,
all and singular the other improvements on
oil Of the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said COlum Gus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChattahOochee river, together with oil and
singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
TnepIant Of SAID cotton factory consists at
present Of i,5i4 splutiles, lI9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition aud
producing good work. Present c5p0cty
SEQ Yards day Of heavy shestings and shirt
ings, three yards to the pound.
The operatives houses and Improvements
generally in excellent condition. labor aUun-
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
Unsurpassed for health, convenience ana eco
nomical producton-free from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by ali the other COlum-
bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city Of
Columbus and three-quarters Of a mile Of
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power Is the finest in the South, controlling
and embracing the whole bed OF the ChattR-
hoOchee river Tor the distance Of about one
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along lts 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 lnexpensiye dam ~ OF
logs and plank necessary. TINS
and has fail OF forty-twO and MALT ~
feet within three quarters - Of a mile.
With a comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand tl25, COO spindles with looms
in proportion can be driven By this wafer
power. Capital for theercction OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that - needed to make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-
lous manufacturing village. The al IN
spection Of capitalists il invited. Full and
satisfactory details will be furnished upon
"pp'''@'-' J.RHODEs BROWNE,
"A iLL"E"' rrrsteoa