The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-21

THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS, AP-
POINTED by tie General Assembly Of south Caro-
lima, ut Its leto session will receive bids for the
valuable Water Power known as The COLUMBIA
CANAL. until the 5th day OF JANUARY. 1869.
The Canal is eight thousand six hundred and h.ty-
four 1864 yards lonr, and the average fI'l TOR tile
first three miles is fvurteen feet commencing az leu
feet, at Upper.streo: i'll Columbia, ana attaining
niaecen feet one inch ut Brid9 stree'; lnc icinain
ing two miles, from Dri1ge-strect 10 its mouth com:
msnces at nineteen feet ten inches and attlns fall
OF twenty .fv. feet.
Fine building sites exist between the Canal and
River, giving complete protection to buildings ana
lnrc Ijncry lresh"ts. The STATE, through the
undersigned viii convey tho Canal, and Oil IT'S ap-
pur;enances together with the right OF way for 100
feet on each side OF the ntre OF the Canal TO tie
purchaser. Compensation t. the adj ,c'nt land OWL
crs for the right OF way to be made by the pr hascr
OIL the same ju.t equitable terms that the rlS It
OF W y was c. nvey.d to the Grecuvillc and CoumDs
RnI'road Company by act ri December 15 1913.
This power has been accurately su;yc Cd 1y Pro-
fcssor John LcCon e. If the south faro iua Cniyer-
sits Heesumatcs that BY doubirg the original ca
pacity of tic Canal as required by tho act mat inc
power sscurod to Brid:e-strcct VIII be 800 morse.
powcr the average head being fourte feet; and
from Er:dge-street to its m uth 533 horsepower,
with an average head of lw pty-one feet, and cur
rcrt of one foot per second. With current OF Two
feet per second the powers would DC flO anu Ioot
horsepower, and If the machinery Is not run ut
night the power may be doueied Dy accanuiaunB
water in the reservoirs.
.As the .upply of waller says Professor LeConte,"
(which may be turned from the river into the canal
at its head is almost unlimited, the canal can be en-
larged to an oxtent commensurate with the demand
for water power. II desired, 1t msy be made to sup
ply water to the extent oil five thousand
or moro. IN fact, By very simple arrangements, one
third or onc.haf or even more, OF the wlole water
in Broad River might be turned into such an ehlarS
cd canal"
This water power is within the limits Of the City Of
Columbia, and contiguous to rdiroids which connect
it with nearly every County IN the Stale OF Soutn
Carolina, and with the adjoining states of North
Carolina and Georgia, ard their abundant su upp1es
of cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beef, pork and oshor
vegetable and animal productions, and also ID da1ly
vaunah and Wilmington. Tho city is su pliei with
gas and fine wRter; the climate is salubrlons and
healthy, being above the miasmatic resi II; lands III
the vicinity cheap, and the soil fertie and there
are but lew SECTIONS in the South wnich present
gsealer attractions tor settlement or residence. Thr
water power from lis magnitude and advantages, Is
uncqualled by any in south Carolina, and unsur-
PASSED by any In the Sou hern country.
The property will be sold on the following condi-
tions to wit: lst The purchaaor shall, within two
years from ths date of complete the Wild
cning ard deepening OF said Canal to at least twice
Its original capacity. It's original clpaciy was Ill.
toen feet wide at the top, cSh feet &C Dotto' anu
four feet In depth To double it, rccor ing to Pro-
fossor LcContcs report. 1t will require the removal
of 80 O7 cubic yards OF earth, aDd 3201 cubic yards
of stoRe to Bridgesirect; and from 5.ldg.Srect %
ltS mouth CuDlc SaruS Oh
That the same shall always be kop. open Tor boating
purposes free OF charges for toll or otherwise, 10
where it is used his will no. interfere at all
with the water power tor driving machinery as boats
only descei 1s far the first lock, near Uppct-
Sroetl That the water tllll llot be Permitted 10
become stagpant, and that it shall not be used for
other than hydraulic purposes. Ard that there shall
be reservation to the state of waterpower sufficient
for the prr osas Of the State Pen tcnnry, for all
tmo, free OF charge. This IS ostMatcd ct the max
lmum. at 100 horsc.powor.l And upon the further
condition that the work OF widening and deepening
the said Canal shall be commonced within six months
aud the sum Of $4,000 shall DO expended on tho
same within twelve months from the dato OF convey
ance.
That oneLhird Of the sum bid shall be paid within
thirty days AFTER notice OF acceptance OF bid one
third at tho expiration of six months hcrcfrJm, and
the remaining third ~ tho expiration of twe.ve
mon hs Titles delivered on payment of first install
mont; and tho title herein orop0sed 10 be conveyed
all revert to the state default being made oil any
the foro going condition. inclu ding OF oil
The purchase money.
Pnrties sending bids will please furnish the Com
lnisior.rs with reference to the ability promptly
to make iood the samo Every facility will be aio d.
cd for the oIaminat on OF the property, and c'mmu-
nicalions may be addressed to
ROBERT &. SCOTT.
Governor
ROBERT n. LEWIS.
CHAS. M. WILDER,
Nov enbor G G21. dec 1926 Columbia. S. c.