Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-09
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SALE

Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company. Complete and fully equipped
Cation Factory, together with nearly milo
OF the finest water power on the ChattahO0-
chez river, last above the city Of COiumbuaI
GTATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY,
- BY virtue OF the power vested in US unS
der the terms and conditions OF a certain deed
81 trust executed TO the undersigned, J.
Rhodes Browne and A. lilges, trustees, by the
Columbus Manufacturing Company. OF Mus
cogee county, state Of Georgia, dated March
Let, 1881, whereby the said corporation con-
Veyed To us all Of the property. real and per-.
sonal, herein after described. IN trust, to-
secure the payment Of its GertaIn issue %
bonds and the interest coupons thereof "a I'M
said trust deed specified and enumerated (aIl 4
OF which appears duly OF record IN MOrtgaga
Deed Book A fuhos 3d7 10 3l8, March 5th,
1854, In the Clerks Office OF Superior OOurr,l
Muscogee county, Georgia, and IN Record
Deeds, Volume o, pages 3! TO IS inclusive,l
March I'D, 1884 Office OF the Probate Court in3
the county Of Lee state Of Alabama. and ini
conformity with the directions and terms
pr. eGribed In the resolutions passed by the
holders Of said bonds. on April 24th. 1896, un-
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust.
We VIII sell in the city Of Columbus. Mus,
cogec county, Georgia, on the 81 day Of Au-
gust. 1886, between the legal hours Of sale, in
front Of the Auction House OF 4. III. KnOwlo
4 Co, on the northwest corner OF Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
! (being the uaual place for Sherins sales in.
SAID city Of Coiumbusl, at public Outcry. to
the highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
seribed property OF the Columbus Manufao-
! turing Company, tO-wit: All those lots and
| parcels of land situated, lying ana Deing az
/ follows: Fractional section number twenty-
| xix 1867 and the north half OF fractional Sec
! ton number thirty-nve 1857 both Ia frac-
/ tional township number eighteen U.s.
range number thirty 1907, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State Of
Alabama. Also the following lots OF landa
| lying and being in the eighth (9th) dis,rics
OF Muscogee county, State of Georgia, known
| as lots numbers eIghty-siX 1867 aud eighty =
seven $50 and the west half OF lot number
seventy four t7N and fractions NUMBERED
ninety zone t9D and ninety-twO t92), and
Island number three 90 IN ChattahoOchee
river and small enclosure situated east OF
the residence formerly occupied by j. r.
Clapp, used as residence and grazing lot,
containing seven ~ acres more or lass.
| 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 Leo
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty 1907 acres more or less. .fl
Also, all Of the sajd Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said Land in
MuscOgee county, Ca, operated aa a Cotton
Factory, and with all Of the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
looms, machinery and fixtures of every kinL
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
singular the rights aud franchises by thesaid
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under tho laws on
Georgia.
The D ant OF sand cotton factory consists at
present OF 4,5H spindles, lIB looms and Otheri
suitable machinery, all In good condition ancq
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 yards a day Of heavy sheetings and shirt
ings, three Yards TO the pound. ry
The operatives houses anu improvements
generally in.exeeltent condition, labor aDun-.
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
Unsurpassed for health. convenience and eco-i
nOmieal prOductiOB-free from the burden oi
muniCiDai taxes paid by all the other C0lum-l
buemilis. 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 ted ofthe Chatta-
hOOchee river Tor the distance Of about one
mile along the lands Of said company, said
lands extending along its banks upon tha
Georgia AMI Alabama sides OF the river.
ONLY small portion Of the water power IA
required and utilized In running the present.
mil. and the natural falls inthe river render
bat simple inexpensive dam OF,
logs and plank necessary. This
magnificent water power b easily cOnfrniIed
and has fall Of fOrty-twO and a nalf t41I<li
feet within three-q quarters 20 OF a mile
with comparatively small expenditures
upon new dam one hundred and twenty
i've thousand tl25.000) spndles with looms
in proportion can be driven by this water
power. CAPITAL for the erection of additionali
mills and utilization OF the immense pOwerl
now wasted is all hat Is needed 20 make THU
lous manufacturnRvilage The personal in
spectIon Of capitalists 10 invited. Fail and
satisfactory details VIII be furnished upon
RHODES BROWNE,
Trustees.