Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-12
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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, jAst above the city OF Columbus.
GTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
~ By virtue OF the power vested in us un-
der tho terms and conditions of certain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, j.
Rhodes Browne and a. Illgcs, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cOgee county, state OF Georgia. dated March
list, 1854, whereby the said corporation con-
yeyed to ue all of the property, real and per-
sUual, herein after described, in trust, "a
secure the payment of it's certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof rs in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (alt
OF winch appears duly of record in Mortgage
Deed BOOK -" foiIOs 357 10 373, March 5th,
1884, in the Clerks Office OF superior Court,
MuscOGee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume O, pages s. to So inclusive,
March 22d, 1854, office of the Probate Court In
the county of Lee, state of Alabama, and IN
conformity with the directions aud terms
prescribed in the resolutions passed by the
boilers uf SAID bonds, on April Path, 1856, I'M
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
We VIII sell in the city OF Columbus. Nus
cogee county, Georgia, on the Sd day OF Au-
gust, 1886, between the legal hours OF safe, III
front Of the Auction House of f. M. knOwa
n Co on the uOrJhw corner of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,
being the usual place for Snerlhs sales IN
SAID city Of Coumbusl, &C public cutlery, to
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
scrlbed property of the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, tO-wIt. All those lots and
parcels OF land situated. lyng ana Deing as
follows: Fractional rection number twenty
six t26) and the north half OF fractional Sec
ton number thirty-hve t3Ol both in irae-
uonal township number eighteen tioN
range humber thirty 800, IN Formerly
Russell, now Lee, county state OF
Alabama. Also the following lots OF landa
living and being IN the eighth (Sth) dis REG
OF MuscOgee county, state OF Georgia, known
as lots numbers eighty (Sbl and eighty
seven tSTl and the west half OF lot number
seventy four "a ana fractions numbered,
ninety lone l9J and ninety two 1927, and
island number three 80 in ChattahoocheS
river and a small enclosure situated east of,
the residence formerly occupied by j. K.
Clapp, used a. residence and grazing lot,
containing seven 40 acres more or less,
An OF said lands last described lying and be-
ing in he county OF Muscogee and State Of
Georgia, and together with said lands In Lee
| county, Alabama, containing eight hundreds
and thirty $500 acres more or less
Also, ali OF the SAID Columbus MANUFACTURED
| ing Compapys buildings on SAID Iand ia
MuscUgee county, Ga, operated as Cotton
Factory. and with all Of the improvements IN
any manner appendant ana appuftenahS
thereto, inclusive, OF the cards, spinclesf
! looms, machinery and fixtures of every kind
| whatsoever contained in said buildings; also,
| all and angular the other improvements on
! all OF the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
! owned and controlled by said Columbua
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 oh
! Georgia.
| The plant of SAID cotton factory consists ab
/ present o. ASA spiDdlee, ll9 looms and other
/ suitable machinery, all IN good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
! 1900 wards day of neavy sheetings and shirt~
| ings, three yards TO the pound.
The operatives houses aud Improvements
| GENERALLY in excellent condition. labor aOun-,
! dant lands elevated and location OF property
! unsurpassed for health. convenience ana eco
! nomical production-froe from the burden OF
| municipal taxes paid by all the other COlum-
! 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 Ia 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 It's banks upon tha
| Georgia ami Alabama sides of the river
Only small portion of the water power Is
! required Rnd utilized In running the present
| mill, and the natural ais in the river rendeh
| but a simple inexpensive dam OF
logs and plank necessary. TINS
| magnificent water power il easily controlled
| and has fall OF fOrty-two and a half l41ls)l
| feet within three-quarters "a Of mile
| Wsth comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
! i've Thousand O25,00c) spindles with looms
/ in proportion can he driven by this water
! power. Capital for theerect0n OF additional
| mills and utilization OF the immense power
| now wasted ia all that ia needed to make thia
! ious manufacturing village. The personal in
| spectOn OF capitalists is invited. Full and
| satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
j. RHODES BROWNE,
A. ILLGES,