Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

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TRUSTEES SALE y M
Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete aud fully equipped9
Cotton Factory, together with nearly Milo
of the finest water power on the Chattahoo-i
chee river, Juet above the city Of C0lumbus-
&TATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY.
~ By virtue or the power yested in us IN
der the terms and conditions OF aeertalR deco1
OF trust executed to the undersi gned, j. Z
Rhodes Browne and A. llges, trustees by thef
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
Cogec county, State Of Georgia. dated March
Let, 1884, whereby the said corporation con -
veyed 10 us all OF the property, real and per-
sonal, herein after described, in trust, tol
secure the payment Of its certain issue OF
bonds and the interest coupons thereof a. in
eaid trust deed specified and enumerated talll
OF which appears duly OF record In Mortgage
Deed Book a. folios 8B7 to 1873 March 5th,
1884, in the Clerks office of Superior Court
Muscogee county, Georgia, aud IN Record
Deeds, Volume o o, pages g. 70 So inclusive,
March 23d, 1854. ofiice.of the Probate Court in
the county OF Lee, State Of Alabama, and in
con fNrmitY with the directions and termst
prescribed in the resolutions passed by the3
holders OF said bonds, on April 18th, 1885, uD
der the authority conferred by said deed %
We Will sell in the city OF Columbus. Mus Z
Cogec county, Georgia, on the I'd day OF Au-
gust, 1856, between the legal honrs Of sale, I'M,
front Of the Auction House OF Il. NJ. knOwle,
Co, on the northwest corner Of BrOadl
street aud Tenth formerly Crawford street, !
said city of Columbus), at phblio cutlery. tOt
the highest bidder, for cash. ttie following De-
scribed property of the Columbus Manufac-}
turing Company. tO-wit: AL those lots and
parcels Of land situated. lying and being as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
six (2dl and the north half OF fractional Sec
ton number thirty-hve 1883 both in frac-
tional township number eighteen tl8)~l
| range number thirty t5O), In formerlyl
Russell. now Lee, county state OF
| Alabama Also the following lots OF iandsl
1yin "a nd hs4in N fhn lie vipE ~
| OF Muscogee county, state Of Georgia, knownl
as lots numbers eighty six 1857 and eighty I
seven $50 and the west half of lot numberl
! scventy-fOur (7il ana fractions numOered
ninety l9l and ninety-two 1927, anal
lslani. numbr three 90 IN Chattahoocheol
| river and "A small enclosure situated east On
| the residence formerly occupied by j. r.
! Clapp. used as a residence and grazing lot, 7
containing seven ~ acres more or less
| All of said lands asst described lying and be-
| ing in the county of MuscOgee and state of
| Georgia, and together with said lands In Leel
| county, Alabama. containing eight hundred
and thirty tS30l acres moro or less
Also, all of the said Columbus Manufacture
| ing COmpany's buildings on said land I'M
! MuscOgee county, Ga, operated as COttonl
| Factory, and with all OF the improvements lns
| any manner appendant and appurtenant
| thereto inclusive, Of the cards, spincless
| looms, machinery and hXtures OF every kind
! whatsoever contained Ia said buildings; Also,
| all AMI singular the other improvements on
! all of the lands aforementioned and
| owned and controlled by said Columbus
F Misunderstanding Company on and in saifu
| ChattahOOchee river together with an 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 OF ASA spindles, ll9 looms and other
| suitable machinery, all in good condition audi
| producing good work. Present cHpacity
! 1880 yards day of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three yards TO the pound
| The operatives houses and improvements
| generally in excellent condition. labor alum
| dant, lands elevated and location of property
/ unsurpassed for health, convenience ana eco
| nOmical prOduction--free from the burden OF
| municipal taxes paid by all the other COlum-
! bus mills, vet within three miles OF the city %
| Columbus and three-quarters Of mile OF
| Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power IS the finest in the South, controlling
| and embracing the whole bed of the Chatta-
| hOOchee river for the distance OF about Ong
| mile along the lands Of said company, said
| lands extending along its banks upon tha
| Only small portion Of the water power Is
| required and utilized in running the pfesen6
| mill. and the natural falls IN the river render
logs and plank necessary This
/ magnificent water power is easily controlled
/ and has a fall of fOrty-twO and a nalf l421Sl
feet within three-quarters ~ Of mule
| With a comparatively small expenditure
upon a new dam one hundred and twenty-
| five thousand u25,0OO) splndles with looms
| in proportion can be driven BY this water
| power. Capital for the erection Of additional
mills and utilization OF the Immense power
/ now wasted is all that is needed TO make this
property the site OF prosperous and p0pu-
| lous manufacturing village. The personal in
| spectiOn OF capitalists ia invited. Full and
satisfactory details Will be furnished upon
'Pp''''' RHODES BROWNE,
A. uLGES,