The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15

or cfoSSWlSe from the meet 10 pe ineIeS
long and l inch ssde, tc bs bent $50 de-
grees upon itself when odd, and nam
mered down fiat without sign Of fracture
on the outside OF the bent portiSo 10 1@ IN
ches wide and not less than 10 inches
long, in the middle of which a row, CT
spaced III inches between centres, shall
be punched without causing any cracks.
Drifting test specimens to be = inches
wide and not less than 5 incheS long,
in which not less thar 3 holes y inches in
diameter, space 2 inches between CEN
tres and " inches from the edges saan
be punched, and then enlarged by blows
from a sledge hammer upon a drifting
pin until such holes are at least l12
inches in diameter without causing any
cracks. Such engagements to be done
The plates must also admit of cold
hammering or scarfing to a fine edge
test pieces must, Furthermore, withstand
such quenching, forging and other tests
as may suffice to exhibit fully the tenn
per, s~oundness and fitness for use OF the
Pipes will be double riveted on longi-
tudinal Joints: each length OF plpe VIII
be tested for full working pressure Defore
All pipes will be treated and thoroughly
coated to a temperature of 300 degrees TO
a bath of %asphaltic composition at the
same temperature.
The advantages of the plan we propose
are briefly as follows:- :.
l.@OuT pOlIlI OIL lntdkG - liIc .
point to Jersey City where a gravity sup
ply, which can be delivered at a head OF
210 feet at High Service, can be found in
the State of New Jersey.
THE riparian and water rights of
the Copper Lord Estate. which we pro-
pose to vest in Jersey City in severalty,
Of the Rockaway River above Boonton.
These rights are prior to those held by
the Morris Canal and Lehigh Valley
Railroad, and nave been acknowledged
by them so to be, and this fact we are
prepared to prove by documentary evil
dence and opinion of eminent counsel.
voir at Montviiie is of sucn capacity and
SO situated that the draught from the
main river into it can be made at the
most advantageous periods for securing
pure and wholesome water and avoid
ing drawing upon the river during the
spring freshet or after a storm ollowi
a protracted drought.
W.EPumping either at Be1leville or
High Service IS forever dispensed with.
V.-The source of supply and water
rights &c com n1nalr ean are Re q In epen ap b ex' the
construction of additional pipe lines and
capable of a supply of at least 7S,Voo,Ooo
gallons per day.
Why our supplemental proposition
the city secures at once an addition to
the capacity of It's distributing reser-
voir at High Service of about LOO, 5000
We n to this proposal the follow
ing plans and maps. showing generaliy
thP design OIL 2I0e SCIle1ilc plOPo20a oAiN
the character of the CONSTRUCTION. u
Map of Rockaway Water Shed. show
ing sites for proposed dams and storage
reservoirs, from which VIII be selected
Sufficient capacity to conform to the
terms of your specification and this
proposal. ~
pines between Boonton intake, Mont
Vile reservoir and High Service Reser-
vo.r, Jersey. City; also fHi,nea
vat:on of pipe and hydraulic grace me
az aaph mile station. -
az General ene E = Plan Of dams at ,Montville
Reservoir and Boopton intake nta n,sn With IN
Carrying lockage waters of canal across
river at Dover and Poweryiilea;, nv pook
AWAY and Hudson Company
haiti caused is corporate seal
(Seal.) to be hereto affixed and attested
sgta it s. Be- slgned i BY its sn PRESIDENT
the twenty-e.ghth day OF June,
A. D. 1895.
A''e1 GEORGE HOLMES.
Secretary.
Postofice address of bidder, No
Montgomery street, Jersey CITY, M.
HARRY H. HOLMES.
President.
The Rockaway n Hudson Company,
BY HARRY H. H0LMES.4
President.
SUPPLEMENTAL PRoPosITIoN "A.
To the Honorable Street and water COM
missioners OF jersey city
CentIemen-We are aware that under
the present status of the laws, the CITY
though it requests option on the PUT
chase price of a plant for new water
supply, cannot enter into any agreeineHe
as to when 1t will exercise Its rights 70
purchase under said options or give any
assurance as to whether SUCH rights VIII
be exercised during the life Of the con
tract for purchase of water by the mil
Recogn.zing these facts which entail
the possibility that the option given MAJ
not be exercised and the contractor MAJ
at the end of twenty-five years be com.
pelled to seek elsewhere for a user OF
it's plant or as a possible contingency pc
compelled to see i tIa hane ma as a o, spu hid
for water delivered per the million gal
Ions, with a view to Rroteeting the the c nds-
Believing. however, that it is for the
best interests of a growing municipality
to oWn and control J 1t is a3s " t WORKS fhe ao same me
belief is shared by a large majority OF
the citizens of Jersey City, we make the
modifying the prices per million. set out
in our formal bid attached and to be OF
the same force n binding effect as II
Whenever, during the life of the option
contained in affixed formal proposal, the
city of Jersey City enters into a aWIai
Self to take the plant under said option
and fixing the date of such taking. The
prices per million gallons for the several
quantities per diem as set out in the
formal bid annexed, Shall be reduced or
rebated to the prices as set out in the
following Schedule
For delivery, using two supply pipes
For each million gallons up to twenty
million gallons daily, forty-two (42) dol
lars per million. -,
forty-one (41) dollars per million.
For twenty-five million gallons daily,
forty (40) dollars per Million.
For twenty-tfree million gallons daily,
For twenty-four. million gallons daily,
thirty-six (S6) dollars per million.
For twenty-five million gallons daily,
thirty-fye (35) dollars per million.
For ~twenty-six million gallons daily,
thirty-four ga dollars per ud million; aa,,v
thirty-three $3.50 dollars per million,
For twenty-eight million gallons daily,
thirty-two 1927 dollars per million.
For t~wenty-nine million gallons daily.
thirty-one (SD dollars per million.
thirty (s0 dollars per million:
For thirty-one million gallons daily,
tWenty-nine (29) dollars per million.
For thirty-two million gallons daily,
twenty-eight (2s) dollars per million,
twenty-seven CD dollars per million
For thirty-four million gallons daily,
twenty-six {26) dollars per million.
For thirty-five million gallons daily,
twenty-five (25) dollars per million.
For thirtyzsix million gallons daily,
For thirty-seven million gallons daily,
twenty-four {24) dollars per million.
For thirty-eight million gallons daily,
tw~enty-four CA dollars per million
tw%enty.thres ass dollars per. million.
For fortv million gallons daily