The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-06
City of Columbia, S. c.

The UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS. AP-
POINTED by the General Assembly of south Caro-
lima, ut Us late session Will receive bids for the
valuable Water Power known as The COLUMBIA
CANAL until the 5th day of JANUARY, 1869.
The Canal ia eight thousand six hundred and fifty
four 1861 yards long, aud the average fail for the
first three miles Is fourteen tee commencing at ten
feet, ut Upperstree:, in Columbia. and attaining
nineteen feet one inch at Drdgc c5treet; the remair
ing two miles. from Bridse-street 10 its mouth
mences at nineteen feet inches and nttalns fall
OF twenty five feet.
Fine building sites exist between the Canal and
River, giving complete protection to buildings and
mrc clinery from freshets. lhe state, through the
dersi Jned, will convey the Canal, and all Its ap-
purtenances together with the right of way for 100
feet on each side OF the ntre OF the Canal to the
purchaser. Compensation to the adjac' ut land OWL
for the right OF way 10 be made by the pnr haser
on the same just ANA equitable terms that the right
OF way was CT nveyed to the Grcenylle and Columbia
R;iroad Company by act # December 10, 1915.
This power has been accurately sulve! ed by Pre-
fessor John LeCon G, Ct the South Carolina Lniver-
sity. He estimates that by doubirg the original ca
pacy Of the Canal, required by the act, that the
power secured to Bridge-street will be 3j5 horse
power, the average head being fourteen feet; and
from Brdge-strcet to its mouth 532 horsepower.
with an average head of tw-nty-one feet, and cur
rent OF one foot per second With current OF two
feet per second the powers would be ITO and 1864
horsepower, and II the machinery Is not run at
night the power may be doubled by accumulatng
water III the reservoirs.
'As tho supply ofwater." says Professor LeCol:e."
(which may be turned from the river into the canJ
of its head is almost n]mied, the canal can be en-
larged to an extent commensurate with tue demand
for water power. # desired, 1t MY be made to sup.
ply water to the extent oil five thousand horscpower
or more in fact by very simple arrangements, one
tLird or one.haR, or even more, OF the who,owater
in Broad River might be turned into such an ellarG.
ed CANAL
his water power is within the limits of the City Of
Columbia, and contiguous to rlirolds which connect
1t with nearly every County in the State of South
Carolina, and with the adjoining states Of North
Carolina and Georgia, al their abundant supplies
OF cotton, rice, corn wheat, beet pork, and other
vegetable and animal productions, aud q so III daily
communication with the s2apcrt3 OF Charleston, "a
yannah and Wilmington. he city Is su plicl with
gas and fine water; the climate is salubrions and
bealihy, being above the miasmatc resin; lands in
the vicinity cheap and the soil fertie and there
arc but few sections in the South which present
greater attractions tor settlement or residence Inr
water power, from is magnitude and Advantages Is
unequalled by ally i'll south Carolina and unsur-
passed by any in the Sou hern country.
The property will be sold on the following condi-
tlons, to wit: lst, The purchaser SHALL within two
wears from the date of conveyance complete the wild
cnlng ard deepening OF said Canal TO at least twice
Its original capacity. Its original Capacity was III.
teen feet wide at the top eight feet at bottom and
four feet in depth 10 double it. accor ing to Pro-
tessor LeConte's report 1t will require the removal
of 07 cubic yards of earth, aud 1900 cubic yards
OF stone to Bridgestree; aud from Brdge-s'reet to
lis mouth % 1Tb cubic yarIS OF eortn put no Stonc
That the shall always be kept open or boating
purposes free OF charges, Tor toll otherwise 10
where it is now used hi will no. interfere at all
with the water rower Tor driving machinery, Eolti
only de.cer as far as thu first lcck, near Upper
street, That the water shall hot be permitted to
become stagnan. and that it shall not he used tol
othe. than Hydraulic purposes. AID that there shall
be reservation to the state OF waterpcwer suthcien;
for the purposes Of the state ntcntiary, for al
tme free of charge. This estimated, at the max
imum. at lou horsepower And upon the further
condition that the work OF widening and deepening
the said Canal shall be commenced within six months
aud the sum OF $4,000 shall be expended on the
same within twelve months from the date OF convey.
aIce.
That onethrd Of the sum bid shall be paid within
thirty days after notice OF acceptance OF bid; one.
third at tue expiration of six months therefrom and
the remaiuing third at the expiration OF twe.vt
months titles delivered on payment OF first install
ment; aud the title herein proposed to be conveyed
shall revert to the st on default being made OF any
of the foregoing conditions, including payment Of oil
the purchase money.
Parties sending bids will please furnish the Com
missiorcrs with fcfe ence to the ability promptly
to make good the same. Every facility will be a5od
cd for the oYaminat ON of the property, aad commu
nicaliops may be addressed to
.'''''' ROBERT E. SCOTT,
Governor.
! ROBERT n. LEWIS,
CHAS. u. WILDER,
November G G,21. dec 1926 Columbia. s. c.