The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-06
NEW WATER PLANS.
Continued from First Page.

to enable him to acquire by condemna-
ton the land for right of way, storag 9
reservoirs, water and water rights. neces-
sary and required for the water supply
contemplated hereunder, which powers
may be exercised in the name Of the City,
but at the expense of the Contractor, and
the Contractor shall hold the City harm
less of and from all claims and demands
OF all persons by reason of the taking and
Il cquiring for the purposes of said con-
tract Of all lands. water and water rights.
SAMPLES o TEST.
Before any contractors bid Is accepted
hereunder, che bidder shall furnish the
Board with q sample of water of the
quality and kind such bidder proposes to
furnish said city; such sample water shall
then be submitted by said Board 20 such
proper tests and examinations as said
Board shall deem proper, and shall also
examine the location Of the proposed
water supply within a reasonable time
after the reception of proposals and the
test nj examination of such water,
whereupon said Board shall accept or re-
ject said proposal and proposed water
supply.
Said Contractor shall. during the con-
struction OF the works and storage reser-
voirs, furnish monthly to said Board of
Street and Water Commissioners, SAM
Piles OF the water taken from the accepted
sources of supply which samples are Sc
cured from the several reservoirs, lakes
and streams in the presence of SUCH H.
spector as the --Board may appoint. and
said Board shall IN said samples in
oruer TO determine the average quality of
Contractor must agree to fur
nish and maintain during the
continuance of the contract, water Of
as good or betJer quality than the aver
age quality as shown by the different
analyses as above. Said Board of Street
i ord ANofnp 10 Nm ~ fCuiAnar- shall haun tho
right to test and examine from time to
time, the quality of the Water supplied by
said Contractor. which must be maintain
ed by the Contractor, equal in quality to
the average standard hereby established.
The Contractor must agree to maintain
and keep said source of supply in the
best possible state of purity, and shall
protect and preserve the same from con-
tamination or pollution from any source
whatever at all times during the con-
tinuance of the contract.
No supply shall be considered which is
not naturally pure and wholesome, or
which requires filtration or other arti-
fetal or chemical treatment.
IN CAS- oF MISHAP.
The Contractor is TO keep in order the
existing pumping plant of the city at
Bellevilie for the term of three years
from the date of the first delivery Of water
at his onw expense.
AL Wot pCAIOAA lC0 w IL SOul1dCuOI
shall be done In a good and workmanliks
manner. n all materials used or en-
ployed in the construction of said reser-
voirs. pipe lines, plant and water works
shall be the best OF the different kinds, and
all the said work to be performed and the
materials to be supplied aud used, shall
be subject to the inspection and satisfac-
ton of said city or it's pioper officers.
ALI plans, specifications and other matters
required by said city or its proper officers
relating to such work, shall be submitted
to said city or its proper officers from
time to time.
The works are to be completed within
two years from date of contract with the
city, unless the performance is prevented
by strikes. tnJunctionS or other causes
not within the control of the contractor.
OPTION TO PURCHASE.
The contractor is to give the city the
option of purchasing at any time within
ten years after the first delivery of water
hereunder the first right to all water and
the water rights owned and controlled by
said contractor, to the extent of fifty
million gallons OF water daily forever
and al Independent pipe line sufficient to
convey thirty-ive million gallons Of water
daily to the reservoirs of the city,
including a sufficient right of way for
/ the two pipes heretofore provided for
and also the said extra pipe line, il the
same shall have been then constructed
and also including the pipe line to High
| Service hereinafter provided for, If the
same shall have been constructed, The
price to be paid for said water supply
and works with the pipe lines aforesaid,
to be fixed by arbitrators.
The city shall have the option of renew
ing the contract for a water supply at
| the same place, price n conditions, for
a further term of twenty five years from
| and after the expiration of the first term
of twenty-five years. Ii such renewal con-
tract may legally be made. pro-
vided, however, that said OPP
tion shall be exercised between
the beginning of the eighteenth, and the
end of the twenty-third year of the term
] of the first contract and such renewal
contract shall contain an option to the
city to purchase said water supply and
works with the pipe lines aforesaid, at a
price to be fixed by the arbitrators within
the first ten years Of said second term.
Bidders will also state a price per mil
lion gallons lover and above the price per
million gallons delivered at Belleyille)
for which they Will connect their pipe de-
: livering water into Receiving Reservoir
No. !, at Belleville with the Reservoir at
High Service on Bergen Hill, and convey
the water by gravity to said last men
toned Reservoir by a cast iron or steel
pipe of sufficient dimensions and
strength laid upon the present right
of way of the city, such extension to be
m ade. provided such delivery is required
by the city within three years after the
first delivery of water at the Belleville
Reservoir by said contractor.
The contractor Is to enter into a written
| agreement with the city, which will en-
body such details. to carry into effect the
above conditions as are deemed necessary
! by the Bo ard of Street and Water Com
missioners and the contractor.
The city shall lave the right to require
| the contractor to enter into bonds for the
performance of said contract il such
amount and with such sureties as said
Board of Street and Water Commission
ers may fix.
Blank proposals upon which all bids
must be made can be secured at the 0 flee
OF the Chief Engineer In Jersey City.
Each proposal must be accompanied
with a certificate from one OF the n National
Banks or the New Jersey Title Guarantee
| and Trust Company, engaged in business
in Jersey City, that the bidder has de-
posted with said Bank or Trust
Company the sum of 500, 900 in
cash, as an earnest of good faith
on his part, sue deposit to be
returned upon the rejection of the bid of
| the unsuccessful bidder or upon the ex-
ecution of the contract in the case of the
successful bidder. and delivery to said
city of said bonds for performan ce of
| such contract by the contractor.
TIT Beard reserves the right to reject
any and all propositions if deemed for
the best interest of the CITY so to do.