The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-12

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line across the H-ackensack meadows
from the Passaic River at .Belleville to
the Bergen Heights Reservoir.
The Reservoir at Belleville can be
poses by connecting mains from main
line which this company will construct,
The pipe line will be constructed of
steel of sufficient strength not to strain
the metal more than one-half the elastic
limit and of a capacity ITO deliver the wa
The pipe lines will he in size from 81"
to AZ" in diameter. according as they are
made single or double, thoroughly coated
inside and put with asphaltum.
The pipe lines will be fully equipped
with all the necessary gates, gate. houses.
air valves, blow-offs and similar, aph
will be furnished and properly located
for the measurement of the water con-
sumed.
Independent reservoirs and storage ba-
sins located in the State of New Jersey
in such places as to receive and be capa-
BILE of storing a water supply of 100 days
points on the Rockaway River or at it's
tributaries as borings hereafter made will
show to offer suitable foundations for
this class of work and at such points as
will present a proper amount of
drainage. area above the reservoirs
tity Of water annually Several of
these sites for storage reservoirs
to be selected from as the boringS
decide, are ad indicated on The map. Al 1.-the the
works required for the ccrupletion of the
system will be constructed in a sub
s ST nf 1ns an Hast w G'rs1Ifn ny fba mar rnsracf ane
classes of work. In reference. to the
bid made under the city's foregoing spec
lacations the company desires to state,
order to cover the extraordinary risks
attendant on any bid made under the
formal specifications presented by the
wish this bid to be in n sense under-
stood as the price which 1t deems the
city should justly pay for an adequate
Its supplemental proposition No.. l, at
tached, 1t Is believed will secure to the
city all that is necessary at what are
thought to be fair and reasonable prices;
and attempt to conform in detail to the
city's specifications will involve. contin-
gencies greatly enhancing the difficulty
of financing the operation and providing
the large sums of money needed to carry
it out, inasmuch as any contract based
ON these specifications would be of such
uncertain tenure hat it could not be
used as a basis of security in raising
money.
The East Jersey Water Co.
BY Clemens HerSchel,
Engineer and Supt.SE. j. Water Co.,
Jersey City, N. j., June 90. 1895.
1 hereby certify that the following reso-
luton was duly adopted at a meeting
u LAG bOd1d " DlltCiOIS VI III
Jersey Water Company, held this 18th
day of June, 1895.
Resolved, That Clemens Herschel, the
engineer and superintendent of this COM
pany, be and is hereby authorized and
empowered to- present a bid to the proper
authorities of Jersey City in the form
and on the conditions and terms stated
in the proposition hereto annexed.
D. G. BAIRD,
Secretary.
SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSAL NO /.
Proposal for furnishing a new supply
of water for the city of Jersey City, N.
j., under specifications hereto annexed,
providing for a. gravity supply at High
Service Reservoir.
N, bah prices must be stated in
writing and in figures.
The East Jersey Water Company pro-
pose to provide the material and furnish
the labor and produce the results re-
Iuired in said specification on the basis
Of a twenty-five year contract subject
to he options as expressed in said
specifications for the following prices
For water delivered at a minimum
per day, SO that a maximum supply of
fifty million gallons per day can be
furnished, using two supply mains OF
gether fifty million gallons per day,
with additional gate at intake as per
specification at the following schedule
rate per million gallons.
For zach million gallons up to twenty
million gallons daily. forty-eight dollars
and fifty cents (9.50).
For twenty-one million gallons daily,
forty-eight dollars and thirty cents
48. 800.
For twenty-five million gallons daily,
For twenty-three million gallons daily.
forty-seven dollars and ninety cents
al. 90l.
forty-seven dollars and seventy cents
For twenty-five million gallons daily,
forty-seven dollars and fifty cents
For twenty-six million gallons daily,
forty-five dollars and seventy cents
For twenty-seven million gallons daily.
forty-four dollars and ten cents (44.1W.
For t~wenty-eight million gallons daily.
forty-two dollars and fifty cents a.. 5ol.
For tWenty-nine million gallons daily.
For thirty million gallons daily, thirty
nine dollars and fifty ftl1,, cents ss (S9, o d.,,..
thirty-eight dollars and ten cents (SS.10.
For thirty-two million gallons aa1ly,
thirty-six dollars and eighty cents
For thirty-three million gallons daily.
thirty-ive dollars and sixty cents $3.50.
For thirty-four million gallons daily.
th Hd4 tSIrta dollars m and fifty ga Gents ( Saj19.
For thirty-six million gallons daily,
dE tSirts S0slsTs a mill s5aty ga eso . s dafiy.
thirty-one dollars and eighty cents
Forr thirty-eight million gallons daily,
For t~hirty-nine million gallons daily,
thirty dollars and forty cents t3040).
For forty. million gallons daily; twenty
nine dollars and eighty cents; C2980l,
twenty-nine dollars and twenty cents,
For forty-two million gallons daily,
twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents,
For forty-three million gallons daily,
For forty-four million gallons daily,
dollars and forty-fve cents,
For forty-fve million gallons daily,
twenty-six dollars and ninety cents,
(26. 800.
twenty-six dollars and thirty-five cents,
For forty-seven million gallons daily,
twenty-five dollars and eighty cents,
For forty-eight million gallons daily,
For ~forty-nine. million gallons daily,
twenty-four dollars and ninety cents.
For fifty million gallons daily. twenty
four dollars and fifty cents, (24.5N.
And for each fractional portion Of q
a pro rata price according to that rate
per million gallons. which the fractional
part exceeds.
For water delivered at a. minimum con-
sumption of twenty million gallons ner
1av, so that a maximum supply of fftv
gallons per day can be furnished
using one SIMPLY main capable of delfv-
sring fifty million gallons ner day at the
following sche dnle per. million salons J
For each million gallons Up to twenty |
million gallons daily. forty-three dollars,