Savannah morning news., 1886-06-19
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Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cattou FACTORY, together with nearly mild
OF the nnest water power on the Chattahoo-
chee river, Just above the city Of ColumDnss
GTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCoGEE COUNTY.
- by virtue OF the power vested in us un-
Ger the terms and conditions Of aeertain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned. j.
Rhodes Browne and A. Illges, trustees, by tha
columbus Manufacturing Company, OF Mus
cogee county, State OF Georgia, dated M arch
Ist, lssl' whereby the said corporation cons
+ fe3tu 20 us an or tue property, real and per-
sonai, herein after described, in trust, to
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof a. in
SAID trust deed specified and enumerated (all
Of which appears duly of record in Mortgages
Deed Book a. foliOs 367 to 878, March 5th.
lssi, IN the Jerks Office Of Superior Court,
MnaeoRee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume . o, pages 81 to SS inclusive,
March 22d, 1884. Office OF the Probate Court in
the county Of Lee, state Of Alabama, and n
conformity with the directions and terms
lftscribed In the resolutions passed by the
holders OF said bonds, on April 24th, 1886 un.
der the authority conferred by said deed Of
trust.
We VIII sellin the city Of Columbus. Mus
cOgee county, Georgia, on the Sd day of Au-
! gust 1886. between the legal hours OF sale, in
! 'front.' Of the Auction House OF +. M KnOwle
4 Co. on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street.,
(being the usual place for Sherihs sales in
sald city OF Celumbus), at public Outcry. to
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de~
scrb bed property OF the Columbus Mannfac-
! turing Company, to-wt: All those lots and
/ parcels of land situated. lying ana peIng az
| follows: Fractional section number twenty
SIX ,26l aud the north half of fractional sec.
| ton number thirty-fye t35) both in frac-
tlonal township number eighteen u.s.,
range number thirty 1907, in formerly
Russell, Lee county state Of
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
| lying and being in the eighth Sth) dis ricF
OF Muscogee county, State of Georgia, known
~ lots numbers elghty-six lS6l aud eighty
seven $50 and the west half Of lot number
| seventy four (14l and fractions NUMBERED
ninety one t9l and ninety two (92), and
Island number three t8l in Chattahoochea
| river and small enclosure situated east oe
the residence formerly occupied by j. r.
| 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 Muscogee and State OF
Georgia, and together with said lands in LEG
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty $500 acres more or less
Also, all of the said Columbus Manufacture
lnR Companys buildings on said land In
Muscogee county, Ca, operated as a Cotton
Factory, and wlth all OF the improvements in
any manner Qppendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive. Of the cards, epincles,
looms, machinery and iixtures of every kind
whatsoever contained In said buildings; also,
all and singular the other improvements on
! AL Of the lands aforementioned and
de6cribed 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 plant OF SAID cotton factory consists af
present OF 4,5li spindles, ll9 looms and other
suitable machinery, all in good condition and
producing good work. Present capacity
1880 yards day Of heavy aheetngs and shirt-
ings, three yards to the pound.
Tho operatives houses and improvements
generally In excellent condition. labor abun-
uAnt, lands elevated and location OF property
ungtpneaed for health. convenience and eco
nomicai produGtion--froe from the burden OF
mAnYripal taxes paid by all the other Column
bus aills, yet within three miles Of the cityo
CVlNm bus and threc-q quarters of "A mile 0f
Columbus aud Rome railroad. The water
power is the finest in the South, controlling
and embracing the whole bed Of the Chatta-
hooeEeo river for the distance Of about one
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along Its banks upon tha
Georgia and Alabama sides Of the river.
Only u small portion OF the water power i8
required and utilized Ia running the present
mill, aud the natural falls in the river render
but simple inexpensive dam OF
logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power is easily controlled
and has fan OF fOfty-twO and q half $40
feet within three quarters ~ OF q mile.
With a comparatively small expenditures
upon q new dam one hundred and twenty
Eve Thousand tl25,00e) spindles with looms
in proportion can be driven by thls 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 popn-
lous manufActuriDgvillage The personal in-l
spectOn OF caphalists ia invited. Full and
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
"Pf'''''' RHODES BROWNE,
A. 1LLGEs,
Trustees.