Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-29
Trnat Salrn.
TRUSTEES, SALE


Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company, Complete and fully equipped
Cotton Factory, together with nearly a milo
or the hnest water power on the ChattahOo-
chez river, Just above the city Of Columbus.
GTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
~ By virtue or the power vested in us un-
der the terms and conditions Of a certain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and A. lllges. trustees, by the
column bus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, State of Georgia, dated March
lst, 1854, whereby the said corporation con-
Neycd to Va all OF the property, real and per
sOnal, herein after described in trust, tn
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
said trust decd specified and enumerated iall
OF which appears duly Of record in Mortgage
Deed Book "a iOros 1857 to 373, March 5th,
1884, in the Clerks office of Superior Court,
MuscOgee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o ., pages s. to 80 inclusive,
March 22d, 1854 office OF the Probate Court in
the county Of Lee. State of Alabama, and in
conformity with the directions and terms
prcscrlbed In the resolutions passed by the
holdcrs Of said bonds, on April Ath 1886 I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
We VIII sell in the city of Columbus Mus
COgee county, Georgia, on the Sd day OF Au-
gust, 1881, between the legal hours OF sale, in
'front.' Of the Auction House of F. NJ. KnOwle
Co, on the northwest corner of Broad
direct and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
being the usual place for Snern7s sales in
said city of ColumDus), at public cutlery, 10
scrlbed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wit: All those lots and
parcels of land situated, lying ana DelnR as
follows: Fractional section number twenty
six l26) and the north half OF fractional Sec
ton number thifty-hve 1897 both In irac-
tional township number eighteen ll8,,
range humber thirty 1907, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county state OF
Alabama. Also The following lOta Of lands
lying and being in the eighth l8ihl district
OF Muscogee county, state of Georgia, known
laFa AIaa, nh H4g a ATtrbf
seven $50 and the west half ~ lot humber
seventy four (74l ana fractions NUMBERED
ninety one (9D and nlnety-two (82), and
Island number three 80 in ChattahoOchee
river and u small enclosure situated east of
the residence formerly occupied by j. X.
Clapp, used as a residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or less.
All OF said lands last described lying and be-
ing in the county of Musc0gee and State of
Georgia and together with said lands in lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $500 acres more or les6s
Also, an Of the said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said land In
Factory, and with all OF the improvements IN
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto. inclusive, of the cards, spincles,
looms. machinery and fixtures OF every kind
whatsoever contained in said buildings; also,
all and singular tho other improvements on
al 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
The ant Of SAID cotton factory consists at
present Of 4,5l4 spindles, l40 looms and other
suitable machinery, all In good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 yards day Of neayysheetings and shirt
ings, three yards to the pound.
The operatives houses ana improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
uant lands elevated and location OF property
unsup passed for health. convenience and eco
nomical producton-free from the burden OF
municipal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills, vet within three miles OF the city Of
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-
hOochce river for the distance OF about one
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along lis banks upon the
Georgia ami Alabama sides OF The river.
Only IL 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 inexpensive dam -, OF
logs aud plank necessary. rus
and has a fail Of forty-twO and a nalf l42l5
feet within three quarters "a Of a mile.
with a comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
five thousand tl25,00ol spndles with looms
in lroportiOn can be driven by this water
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted Is all that is needed to make this
property the site Of prosperous and pOpu-
ious manufac turingvill The personal in
satisfactory details VIII DO furnished upon
app'''''"' j. RHODES BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,