The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-24
V A l. y A 3 T. E.
AND EXTENSIVE
WATER POWER
IN THE
CITY OF COLUMBIA. S, C..

H'HE. undersigned Commissioners, ap-
Il pointed by the General Assembly of
South Carolina, at its late session, will re-
ceive bids for the valuable Water Power
known as the COLUMBIA CANAL, until
the 5th day of JANUARY. 1860
| The Canal is eight thousand Six hundred
and fifty four o,O54) yards long, and the
| average ta.i for the first three miles is
fourteen feet, commencing ut ten feet, at
| Upper street, i'll Columbia, and attaining
niheteen 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 tho
Canal and River. giving complete protec-
ton to buildings and machinery from
freshcts. The State, through the under
signed, will convey the Canal, and all it's
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 tho purchaser;
on the same just and equitable terms that
tho right OF way was conveyed to the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Compa-
ny by Act of December Is, 1845.
This power has been accurately surveyed
by Prof. John LeConte, of the South Ca
rolina University. He estimates that by
doubling the original capacity Of the
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 its
mouth 532 horsepower, with an average
head of twenty-o one feet, and a current of
one foot per second With a current of
two feet per second tho powers would be
710 and 1,064 horsepower; and if the ma
cfinery ls not run at night the power may
be doubled, by accumulating water in re-
servoirs.
"As the supply Of water" says Prof.
LeConte, (which may be turned from the
River into the Canal ut it's 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
horsepower 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
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-
auctions, 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 the vicinity
are cheap, and the soil fertile; and there
are but few sections in the South which
present grea ter attractions for settlement
or residence. The water power, from its
magnitude and advantages, is uneQualed
by any in South Carolina, and unsurpassed
by any i'll the Southern country.
The property will be sold on the follow
1 st,fr 4
shall, within two years from the date Of
conveyance, complete the widening and
deepening of said Canal to at least twice
its original capacity. Its original capaci-
ty was fifteen feet wide at top, eight feet
at bottom, and four feet in depth To
double it, according to Prof. LeContes re-
port, 1T will require the removal of sc, 107
cubic yards Of earth, and 5000 cubic yards
of stone, to Bridge street; and from Bridge
street to its mouth %, cubic yards of
earth, but no stone. 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 az
the 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 hydraulic purposes. And that
there shall be reservation to the State 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-
ceptancc OF bid; one third at the expira-
tion of six months therefrom, and the re-
naming third at the expiration of twelve
months Titles delivered on payment of
first instalment; and the title herein pro-
posed 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.
Parties sending bids will please furnish
the Commissioners with reference as to the
ability promptly TO make good the same.
Every facility will be afforded for the ex-
animation of the property, and communi-
cations may be addressed to
ROBERT X. SCOTT,
Governor.
ROBERT N. LEWIS,
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