The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-22
COLUMBIA s c. THURSDAY MORNING FEBRUARY % Iaea y.

g. FOR SALE Low BY "H~
GREGG 81 g. co,
Corner Richardson, and Tay1o, Streets,
8, S@,@sANA@NAa ) s.. s. s.
rep . - III lLoel ;1mo*
Valuable and Extensive Water Power
IN the City of Columbia for Sale.
Ordered 6y the Legislature Of !Sosth Ccro-
TNHE undersigned Commissioners. 3D.
Il pointed by the General Assembly Of
South Carolina, at it's late session. will
receive bids for the valuable WAITE r
POWER known as the COLUMBIA CANAL,
until the first day Of April next.
The Canal is eight Thousand six hundred
and hfty-fonr yards long, and the average
fall for the first three miles is fourteen feet.
commencing at ten feet at Upper street, in
Columbla, and attaining nineteen feet one
inch at Bridge street; the remaining two
miles, from Bridge street to its mouth,
commences at nineteen feet ten inches, and
attains fall Of twenty-five feet. Fine
building sites exist between the canal and
river, giving complete protection to build
lnSs and machinery from freshets. The
State, through the undersigned. will con-
vey the canal and all its appurtenances,
together with the right Of way for sixty
feet on each side Of the centre of the canal
to the purchaser. Compensation to- the
adjacent land owners for the right Of way,
to De made by the purchaser, on theisanae
just and equitable terms that therieht of
way was conveyed to the Greenvilfe and
Columbia Railroad Company, bycr Act sof
10th December, 1S45.
This power has been accurately SURVEYED
by Prof. John LeConte, of the South Caro-
lima University; his report, together with
the Act OF the General Assembly and this
advertisement, has been printed, and NAV
be obtained by addressing Jas. G. Gibbes,
Esq, Mayor Of Columbia. -5ists9t} !. -
Prof LeConte estimates that by doubling
the original capacity Of the canal, as re.
quircd by the Act, that the power secured
to Bridge street will be S55 horsepower,
the average head being fourteen feet: and
from Bridge street to its mouth $50, horse.
power, With al average head of twenty-one
feet, and current OF one foot per second.
With current of two feet Der second. the
powers would be 710 and !, ,O64 horsepower:
and II the machinery is not run at night.
the power may be doubled By accumuiat,
ing water in reservoirs. ,s--.9"s
NAs the supply of water" SAWS Prof.
LeConte, (which may be turned from the
river into the canal at its head, is almost
unlimited, the canal can be enlarged to an
extent commensurate with the demand for
water power. II. desired, it may be made
to supply water to the extent of 5000 horse
power or more, In fact, by very simple
arrangements, one-third or one-half or
even more, of the whole water in Broad
River, might be turned into such an en-
larged canal =.
This water power is liLerduy within the
city of Columbia. The city is now supplied
by railroads penetrating nearly every Dis :
trlct IN the State, furnishing the produc-
tlons of cotton, rice, wheat, beef and pro-
visions, with little expense at this important
point.
The city of Columbia is supplied with gas
and good water, the climate is salubrious
and healthy, being above the miasmatic
region, and invites, for pleasant settlement
and society, merchants, artisans, mecha-
MICS, manufacturers and persons of for
tune and leisure.
The property will be sold on the following
conditions, to wit: 1st. The purchaser
shall, within two years from the date of
conveyance, complete the widening and
deepening of said canal to atleast twice its
orlglnlnal capacity. (Its original capacity
was fifteen feet wide at top. eight feet Mt
bottom and four feet in depth; to double
it according to Prof. LeConte's report, it
yards Of earth, and 5000 cubic yards Of
stone to Bridge street, and from Bridge
street to its mouth %, 176 cubic yards oI
earth-no stone to be renoved.)r That the
same shall always be kept open for boating
free of charges, to where it is
now used. (This will not interfere at all
with the water power for driving machine
ry, as boats only descend as far as the first
lock. near Upper,street)
That the water shall not become stag
nant, and thatit shall not be used for other
than hydraulic purposes.
That one-third OF the sum bid shall be I
paid within thirty days after notice of ac-
ceptance Of bid; one-tbird at the expiration
Of six months thcrefrom, and the remain
ing third at the expiration of twelve
months. Titles delivered on payment of
first instalment, and that the title herein
to be conveyed shall revert to the !
State, on default being made Of any of the |
foregoing conditions, including payment
OF all the purchase money. =
This water power with its location, in the |
Judgment Of the Commissioners, is un-
equaled by any in the State of South Caro- |
lima, and not surpassed by any in the !
Southern country.
Parties sending bids will please furnish |
the Commissioners with references as to |
the ability promptly to make good the |
same. arN. ltuI
All the communications may 90 addressed. i
to the undersigned at Columbia, S. C.
JAMES L. ORR,
4'0 Governor,
VIM. d. PORTER, i
tHH Lieutenant Governor. 4
.,H JAMES G.. GIBBES,
t-.. iU Mayor Of Columbia.
Columbia, S. c., January %, 1866.
Feb 13 '
Hardware. |
VIHE subscribers would respectfully in
II form tbe citiZenS Of Cotup, hic md [