The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-07
V A ID B III E
AND EXPENSIVE
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CITY or UOILUMBIA, B. O.

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FElHE undersigned Commissioners, ap-
Il pointed byIthe General Assembly of
South Carolina, at its lato session, will re-
ceive bids for the valuable Water Power
known as the COLUMBIA CANAL, until
the 9th day of JANUARY, 1869.
The Canal is eight thonsand six hundred
and fity- four (S,654l yards long, and the
average fall for the first three niles is
fourteen feet, commencing at ten feet, at
Upper street, i'll Columbia, and attaining
nineteen feet one inch at Bridge street;
the remaining two miles, from Bridge
street to its mouth, commences at nine
teen feet ten inches and attainsl fall of
twenty-five feet.
Fine building sites exist between the
Canal and River, giving complete protec-
tion to buildings and machinery from
freshets. The State, through the under
signed, will convey tho Canal, and all its
appurtenances, together with the right of
way for 100 feet on each side of the contro
OF the Canal, to the purchaser. Compen-
sation to the adjacent land for the
right of way, to bo made by tho purchaser;
on the same just and equitable terms that
the right OF way was conveyed to the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Compa-
ny by Act of December Is, 1S45.
This power has been accurately SURVEYED
by Prof. John LeConte, of the South Ca
rollna 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 it's
mouth $50 horsepower, with an average
head of twentyonc feet, and n current OF
one foot per second. With a current Of
two feet per second the powers would be
ITO and 1,064 horsepower; and il the ma
chinery is not run at night the power ma v
be doubled, by accumulating water in re-
scrvoirs.
'As the supply OF water" says Prof.
LcConte, (which may be turned from the
River into the Canal at its head is almost
unlimited, the Canal can be enlarged to an
extcnt commensurate with the demand for
water power. If 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
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 tho
miasmatic region; lands in the vicinity
are cheap, and the soil fertile; and there
arc but few sections in the South which
present greater attractions for settlement
or residence. The water power, from it's
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
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
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. LeConte's re-
port, it will require the removal of S6,107
cubic yards or earth, and 5, 200 cubic yards
of stone, to Bridge street; and from Bridge
street to it's mouth 22,176 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. ['rhis will not inter
fere at all with the water power for driving
the fret 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
water power sufficient for the purposes of
tho State Penitontiary. for all time, free of
charge. fThis is estimated, at the maxi
mum, at 100 horsepower. 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 &C
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
tho Commissioners with reference as to the
ability promptly to make good the same.
Every facility will be afforded for tho ex-
animation OF the property, and communi-
cations may bo addressed to
ROBERT K. SCOTT,
Governor.
ROBERT N. LEWIS,
CHARLES III. WILDER,
Novi Columbia, &. C.