Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-04
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TRUSTEES, SALE

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly mile
or the finest water power on the ChattahOo-
chez river, just above the city OF Columbus,
GTATE on GEORGIA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
- BY virtue OF the power vested in us un-
der the terms and conditions of aeertain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, J..
Rhodes Browne and A. Illges, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus-
coRee county, State OF Georgia dated March
LIST, 1884 whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed to US all of the property, real and per-
s0nal, herein after described, in trust, To
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
said trust deed specified and enumerated TALL
OF which appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book "A, +" folios 1857 to 1913, March 5th
1884, IN the Clerks Office of Superior Court.
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume O, pages s. to IS inclusive.
March 22d. 1884, office of the Probate Court ia
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 24th, 1896, m.
der the autho ity conferred by said deed OF
trust. "
We VIII sell in the city of Columbus. Muss
Cree county, Georgia, on the Sd day OF Aus
gust, 1888, between the legal hours OF sale, IN
front Of the Auction House of r. N. Knowle
Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street),
(being the usual place for Snerid7s sales in
said city of C0lumbus), at public Outcry. to
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wIt: All those lots and
parcels of land situated. lying aud Delng as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
SIX (26) and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thrty-hve (3S) both in frac-
tional township number eighteen Us,
range number thirty 1907, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State OF
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth 9TH dlstrlcG
OF Muscogee county, State of Georgia known
as lots numbers eighty six 1866 and eighty
seven 1871 and the west half OF lot number
seventy -four (7D and fractions numbered
ninety-One (9l ana nlnety-twO t92), and
Island number three 90 in Chattaboochee
river and small enclosure situated east OF
the residence formerly occupied by j. X.
Clapp used "a n residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or lees,
All OF said lands last described lying andsbe-
ing in the county Of MuscOgee and State OF
TeOrgia, and together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty 800 acres more or less.
Also, all Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Companys buildings on said land in
MuscOgee county, Ca, operated az Cotton
Factory, and with all Of tab improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive, of the cards, spiRcles,
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 Columbus
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 ri ant Of said cotton factory consists at
present Of 4,544 spindies, lI9 looms and other
su table machinery, ali in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1880 yards day OF heavy shestings and shirt
ings, three yards to the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
liant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health, coDyeniencesande eco
nomlcal prOductiOn-free from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
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 ChattA-
hooChee river Tor the distance Of about one
mile along the lands Of said company. said
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the river.
Only n small portion OF the water power Is
required and utilized in running the present
mill. and the natural falls in the river render
Sg5 and simple blank neHR Pery dam rh 81
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has a fall of forty-two and a nalf (49I%)
feet within three-quarters "a OF mile.
With a comparatively small expenditure
upon a new dam one hundred and twenty
in proportion can be driven by this water
power. Capital for the erection OF additional
mills and utilization or the immense power
now wasted Is all that Is needed TO make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-
lous manufacturingvi The personal'in-
spectiOn OF capitalists is invited. Full aud
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
J.RHODEs BROWNE,
A. ILLGEs,