Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-12
Ernal SnIrr.
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 Columbia,
GTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY.
- BY virtue of the power vested in us IN
DER the terms and conditions Of certain deed
OF trust executed TO the Undersigned, J.
Rhodes Browne and A. Illgoa, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, state OF Georgia. dated March
lsJ, lSSi, whereby the said corporation con-.
veyed To us all Of the property, real and per-
sonal, herein after described, in trust. 70
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 6th,
1855 IN the clerks once OF superior Court,
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume O o, pages &! 10 50 inclusive.
March I'D, 1884. Office OF the Probate Court in
| the countvof Lee, State OF Alabama, and ia
| conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed in the resolutions passed by the
/ hOlders Of said bonds. on April 24th. 1886, un-
/ der the authority conferred by said deed Of
l trust.
We Will sell in the city Of Columbus, Mus
| cogee county, Georgia. on the Sd day of Au-
| gust, 1856, between the legal hours OF sale, in
front OF the Auction House Of II. NJ. knOwle
Co. on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
(being the usual place for SheriGs sales in
said city Of Columbus), at public cutlery. to
scribed property OF the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wit: All those lots and
parcels OF land situated, lying and being as
follows: fractional section number twenty
six l26) and the north half OF fractional sec
ton number thirty-dve 1889 both In frac-
tional township number eighteen (lS),
range number thirty tSOl, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county state OF
Alabama. Also the following lots OF lands
lying and being in the eighth tSthl dis rict
Of Muscogee county, state of Georgia, known
a. InFa naUh n4.r
seven (SD and the west half Of lot number
seventy four "a and fractions numbered
ninety -One t9D and ninety two t92), and
| Island number three 8l in ChattahOOchee
| river and small enclosure situated east OF
| the residence formerly occupied by j. r.
| Clapp, used as a residence and grazing lot.
| containing seven l7l acres more or less.
| All 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 hundred
/ and thirty $500 acres more or less.
Also, all Of the SAID Columbus Manufacture
| ing COmpany's buildings on said land in
1 MuscOgee county, Ca, operated as Cotton
/ Factory, and with all Of the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
| thereto. inclusive. Of the cards, spndles,
\ 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
I
/ ChattahOOchee river, together with oil and
! singular the rights and franchises by the SAID
| the Columbus Msnufaeturing Company held
/ and possessed therein under the laws OF
/ Georgia.
! The p ant Of said cotton factory consists at
/ present OF 4,5li spiudles. l49 looms and other
| suitable machinery, all In good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
\ 1900 yards day Of heavy sheotings and shirt
| ings, three yards TO the pound.
! The operatives houses and improvements
al t.n lfef.f
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
unsurpassed for health, convenience anu eco
nOmtcal prOductiOn-free from the burden OF
municiDAl taxes paid by all the other Column
bus mills yet within three miles OF the city Of
Columbus and three quarters of mile Of
Columbus aud Rome railroad. The wateI
power is the finest In the South, controlling
hOOchee river for the distance Of about one
mile along the lands OF said company, said
lands extending along its banks upon the
Georgia AMI Alabama sides Of the river
Only small portion OF the water power Ia
required and utilized In running the present
mill, and the natural falls in the river render
but simple Inexpensive dam OF
,9ss oc snd plank necessary. Ts,s
and has fall OF fOrty-two and a nalf t42IS)
feet within thrce-quartcrs ~ Of 4 mile.
with comparatively small expenditure
upon n new dam one hundred aud twenty
i've thousand tl25,OJ0l fpndles with looms
IN proportion can be driven BY this water
power Capital for the crpction Of additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted b all ihat is needed 70 make this
property the site Of prosperous and popu-
lous manufacturing village. The personal in-
fpeetion OF capitalists Is invited. Full and
satsiuctory details VIII be furnished upon
J. RHODES BROWNE,
A. lLLGES,