The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-12
City of Columbia, S. G.

THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS. AP-
POINTED by tho General Assembly OF South Caro-
lns at Its late session. will receive bids for the
valuable Water Power known as the COLUMBIA
CANAL, until the 5th day OF JANUARY, 1863.
The Canal s eight thousand six hundred and fifty
four 1864 yards long, and the average fall for the
frat three miles Is fourteen feet commencing at ten
feet, ut Upper.stree:. in Columbia, and attaining
nineteen feet one inch at Bridgc-sreet the remain
ing two miles, from Bridgestrees to its mouth, com.
mences ut nineteen feet ten inches ana attans I'LL
Of twenty-five feet
Fine building sites exist between the Canal and
River, giving complete protection to buildings and
machinery from freshets lhe State, through the
undersigned will convey the Canal, and oil lis app
purtenarces together with the right OF way tor 1eO
feet on each side of the c:ntre OF the Canal to the
purchaser. Compensation to the adjacent land own
ers for the right OF way to be made by the purchaser
on tho same Just and equitable terms that the rigot
OF " was CT nveycd to the 0rcenvc and Columbia
Railroad Company by act cf December 10. 1S40.
This power has been accurately survcIedby Pre-
fessor John LcCone, CT the south Carolina unver-
sty. Heesdmates that by doubling the original ca
pacity of the Canal required by the aci, that the
mower secured to Brdge-street will be 356 horse.
power the average head being fourteen feet; and
from Bridgc-street to its mouth So! horsepower,
with an average head OF twcnty-one feet, and cur
rent of one loot per second With current OF tive
feet per second thr powers woul1 be ITO aud lo64
horsepower, und If the machinery is not run at
night the power may be doubled by accamulatng
water in tho reservoirs.
(which may be turned from the river into the canal
at its head is al most unlimited, the canal can be On
larred TO an extent commensurate with the demand
for water power II In-ircd Il nay be nadcto sup
ply water to the extent OF five thousand horsep power
or more III fact, by very silnple arrangements, oae
third or onchalf, or even more OF the whole water
in BROAD River might be turnod into such an ehars
cd canal" - ~
This water power is within tic limits OF the City OF
Columbia and contiguous to railroads which connect
il with nearly every County III the Stato Oh soutn
Carolina and vita the adjoining states OF Nortn
Carolina and Georgia, ard their apunaaht suppiics
O: cotton rice, COIN, wheat, beet, porI, anu otncr
vegetable and animal productions and also IN daily
communication with the scaports OF Charleston, sa'
vannah and Wilmington. The city is sn Piled with
gas aud inc water; the climate is saiuorlens ald
healthy being above the miasmntic resi n; lands IN
the vicinity are cheap and the soil ferta and there
are but lew sections in the South which prescns
greater attractions tor settlement or residence
water power from lis magnitude and advantages, ~
uneoualled by any IN south Carolina and unsur-
PASSED BIZ any in the SOU herl country.
Tho property will bc sod on The iol;o"inS eonui-
tions, to wit: let, u be pu-cha or saa Wlnu tMo
years from tho date ofconye%ance, w
eulug at deepening oi said Cauai 10 III icst WY
,Is ori.rin, CAPACITY It's original capacity was NJ
teen feet wide the tor. clcht toct III poohi' anu
,3nr feet in dcpti 10 loub!o it, +ccor ing W FRO,
lessor IcContes report, IL Will require the removal
r.c M r,lc ,aYt.s Of Garth, 32G1 cubic yaros
nj stone 10 Brgc-sfrect; ara fem G-luS"-s'reet 10
its mouth 23176 cubic y-rdS ol carth oul no etone'
4 hat the slnlc shall always b0 KEEP. open or poauI
oyrnoses free oI charges tor tol, or otherwise, 10
where it is now used hi wl!l net Intcriere a1 al
with the water Power tCr driving machinery as poats
uni, desce, Il as lar th. first l9ck near Upper
strcctl That tie wa,cr ellpl not be permitted 70
become stagnant, and that it shell not DC used for
other than hydraulic purposcs And hat there snail
be rese vaion 10 the state OF watcr.poWer suHctnt
fIr the rlr. ose, # r ntaio Pen tentiary for all
time free of charge. IIhis Estimated, at the ma.-
i,uum, ct lou horse power And upou the further
condition. that tie war. uI widening and deepening
tie said Canal shall be cconiacaced within SIX 1noats
AID The sum OF $4,000 shall DO expended cn tho
same within .wel9c months tom the dac oi convey
| Guc..
That ono.hird or the sum bid shall be paid within
thirty days aur nGtcc o. o c. .t;t-co q! Dill; one,
third at tho expiration OF six months thcreire, ana
| the remaining hird I: Tie exl ration or ,we''t
mon hs Titles delivered on payment OF hr't insla,
ment: aad tic lille heccin oroppscd to 30 onVe!eu
shall revert to the st c tbcing lnaoe OF any
o! The iaro- oins caELiuns including pi!I o. al
! the purchase money.
Parties sending bids will please furnish toe CoEi
m;ss;oners with iefai cace to tho ability promptly
to make nood the same. Every facility Will DO ahot
ed for the exam nat on OF the property. AID cJnnu
| uicatious MAY be addressed tJ
Governor.
| ROBERT \. LEWIS,
CHAS. n. WILDER
November s2l dec 1925 Columbia s. C.