The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-26
Misffaanfgus.
Misffaanfous.
W A L. U A Is l. e
AND EXTENSIVE
VA TER p o " e r
THE
City of Columbia, S. c.
N THE

THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS. AP-
POINTED by the General Assembly Of South Caro-
lina at Its late session. WILL receive bids for the
valuable Water Power known as the COLUMBIA
CANAL, until the 9th day OF JANUARY, 1863.
The Canal Is eight thousand six hundred and fifty
four 1854 yards long, and the average fall for the
first three miles is fourteen feet, commencing at ten
feet at Upper.strcet in Columbia, and attaining
nineteen feet one inch at Bridgcstreet; the remain
ing two miles, from Brdgestroet 10 its mouth, com.
mences at nineteen feet ten inches and attans fall
Of twenty -6ve feet.
Fine building sites exist between the Canal and
River, giving complete protection to buildings and
machinery from freshets. lhe State, through the
undersigned, will convey the Canal, and al Its ap-
purtenances together with the right Of way for 100
feet on each side Of the cntre OF the Canal to the
purchaser Compensation to the adjacent land own
ers for the right OF way to bc made by the pure haser
the same just and cquitaoo terms tnat toe rGnt
of WY was nveyed to the GrecrYlle and Columbia
Railroad Company by act of December Is, 1s45.
| This power has been accurately surycyedby Pre-
fo,sor John LcCon,e cf tho South Caroline Cniver-
sity He estimates that by doubling inc original ca
pacy of the Canal as required by tho act that the
power secured to Dridae-street Will be 356 horse.
| power the average head being fourteen feet; and
| from Brdgestreet to its mouth So? horsepower.
with average head Of twenty-qne feeti and cur
ront of one foot per second. With curront OF two
feet per second the powers would be TO and 1864
| horse power and If the machinery Is not run at
night the power may be doubled by accumulating
| water in the reservoirs.
(which may be turned from the river into the canal
at its head Is almost unlimited, the canal be On
larged to an extont commensurate with the domand
for water power. II Ierircd, 1t may be made to sup
ply water 10 tho extent OF fye thousand horsepower
more. in fact, by very simple arrangements, one
third or one.haf or even more OF the whole water
in Broad River might be turned into such an ehlarg
ed canal"
This water power is within the limits Of tho City Of
Colupbia, and contiguous to railroads which connect
il with nearly every County in the Stale OF South
Carolina, and with the adjoining states OF North
Carolina and Georgia, aud their abundant supplies
OF cotton rice, CON- wheat, beef, pork, and other
vegetable and sniEnal productions and also in daily
communication with the scaports OF Charleston, sa-
vannah and Wilmington. 1hs city is su piled with
gas and nnc water; the climate Is salubrions and
healthy, being above the miasmatc regi n; lands In
the vicinity are cheap and the soil fsrte and thore
are but few sections in the South which present
greater attractions for settlement or residence. Thr
water powor. from liz magnitude and advantages. is
uncquRllod by lny IN south Carolina, and unsur-
passed by any in the Southern country.
The property will DO sold on the following coudi-
tioas, to wit: 1st, Tho puroka1er shall, within two
years from thu date ofconveyancc complete the Wild
enIpg and deepening Of said Canal to at least twice
its original capacity Its original capacity was fl
teen feet wide at the top, eight feet ut BOTTOM and
four feet in depth To double it, accor ing to Pro
lessor LeContes report, 1t Will require the removal
of 107 cubic yards Of earth, and 5000 cubic yards
of stone to Drdge-slrcet; and from Bridge-sreet TO
Its mouth % 17s cubic yards of sarth butno stone
That the same shall always be Kept open l0r ooatlp6
purposes, free or charges tor toll otherwise, to
where it Is now used his will not interfere at all
with the watsr power tor driving machinery as boats
only descel as far as the first lock, near Upper
street, That the water ehal 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 waterpower sufficient
for the purpose; Of the Stae Pen tontary, for all
time free of charge. This IS estimated at the max
imum. st lou horse power.l And upon the further
condition that the work OF widening and deepening
the said Canal shall be commenced within six months.
and the sum OF 10000 shall be expended on tho
sa,no within twolve months from the date OF convey
ance.
That ono.hird OF the sum bid shall be paid within
thirty days after notice of acceptance OF bid; one
third at tho expiration OF six months thorerCm, and
the remaining third a. the cx. .iration OF tweyc
months Titles delivered OH payment OF first instal-
ment and the tile herein proposed to be conveyed
shall revert to the State default being made OF any
of the foregoing conditions, including payment OF all
the purchase money.
Parties sending bids will please furnish the Com
mssioners with ieee to the Gbilit: promptly
to make good the livery ficlty Will be anoid-
cd for the cIaInnls OF the p oDcrty, AID c)mmu-
ncaticns MY be addressed t.
-0'''''-~ ROBERT K SCOTT.
Governor.
ROBERT y. LEWIS,
CuAS. III. WILDER,
November Gel, dec l.. Loluniaia s. G.