The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-25
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w. W.ATER POWER
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| i pointed by the General Assembiy% % 3,
South Carolina, at its late session, will re-
ceive bids for the valuable Water Power
known as the COLUMBIA CANAL. r,nti]
the 9th day Of JANUARY, 1869. \ 2
The Canal is eight thousand six hundred
and ffty-foTr .tS,654) yards long, and the
average fall for the first three miles is
fourteen feet, commencing at ten feet, at
Upper street, in Columbia. and attaining
nineteen feet one inch at Bridge street;
the remaining two miles, from Bridge
street to it's mouth, commences at nine
teen feet ten inches and attains fall of
twenty-five feet.
Fine building sites exist between the
canal and River. giving comnlete protec-
ton to buildings and machinery from
freshets. The State, through the under
signed, will convey the Canal, and all its
appurtenances, together with the right of
way for 100 feet on each side of the centre
OF the Canal, to the purchaser. Compen-
sation to the adjacent land owners, for the
right Of way, to be made by the purchaser;
the right OF way was conveyed to the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Compa-
ny by Act of December 15 1916.
This power has been accurately survcved
by Prof. John LeConte of the South Ca
rolina University. He estimates that by
doubling the original capacity of tho
Canal, as required by the Act, that the
power secured to Bridge street will be 355
horsepower, the average head being four
teen feet; and from Bridge street to it's
mouth 532 horsepower, with an average
head OF twenty-one feet and q current of
one foot por second. With q current of
two feet per second the powers would be
7l0 and 1854 horsepower; and if the ma
chlnery ls not run at night the power may
be doubled, by accumulating water in re-
servoirs.
"As 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 canbe 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
horsepower or more. In fact, by very
simple arrangements, third, or one
half, or even more, of the whole water in
Broad River might be turned into such an
| enlarged Canal"
This water power is within the limits of
the city of Columbia, and contiguous to
railroads which connect it with nearly
every County in the State Of South CARROLL
ma, and with the adjoining States Of North
Carolina and Georgia, and their abundant
supplies of cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beef,
pork, and other vegetable and animal pro-
ductions, and also in daily communication
with the sea-ports of Charleston, Savannah
and Wilmington. The city is supplied
with gas and fine water; the climate is sa
lubrious and healthy, being above the
miasmatic region; lands in tho vicinity
are cheap, and tho soil fertile; and there
are but few sections in the South which
present greater attractions for settlement
or residence. The water power, from ite
magnitude and advantages, is unequaled
by any in South Carolina, and unsurpassed
by any in the Southern country.
The property will be sold on the follow
| ing conditions, to wit: let. The purchaser
shall, within two years from the date OF
conveyance, complete the widening and
deepening of said Canal to at least twice
it's original capacity. Tits original capaci-
at bottom, and four foei in depth. To
double it, according to Prof. LeConte's re-
port, it will require the removal Of sc, ,1O7
| cubic yards OF earth, and 8, 200 cubic yards
| of stone, to Bridge street; and from Bridge
street to it's mouth %, 176 cubic yards OF
earth, but no stone.l That the same shall
always be kept open for boating purposes,
free of charges, for toll or otherwise, to
where it is now used. This will not inter
fere at all with the water power for driving
machinery, as boats only descend as far as
tho first lock, near Upper street, That
the water shall not be permitted to become
stagnant, and that it shall not be used for
other than hydrauic purposes. And that
there shall be reservation to the State OF
water power sufficient for the purposes OF
the State Penitentiary. for all time, free OF
charge. This is estimated, at the maxi
mum, at 100 horse-power.] And upon the
further condition that the work of widen
ing and deepening the said Canal shall be
commenced within six months, and the
sum of $4,000 shall be expended on the
same within twelve months from the date
OF conveyance.
That one-third of the sum bid shall be
paid within thirty days after notice of ac-
ceptance of bid; one-third at the cxpira-
tion of six months therefrom, and the re-
naming third at the expiration of twelve
! months. Titles delivered on payment oi
first instalment; and the title herein pro
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