The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-13

ed at Belleville.
This committee is desirous of utilizing
If possible. the main provided for
permanent supply as It passes these
points to furnish more Of the present
water to the city consuraers. AS the
route of the Rockaway & Hudson Com-
pany does not pass the Belleville pump
ing Plant but crosses the Passaic 10
the north, their proposed new main could
not be so utilized TO increase the present
delivery We desire to avoid what the
Roekaway & Hudson plan proposes, viz:
another pipe line over a large distance
of meadow which would require separate
pipe walkers, repair crews and the dam
gers incident to a pipe carrying city's
water supply being carried over marsh
Should it become necessary to build the
new main to Belleville pending the de-
livery of water from a permanent sup
ply, the city would be put to an ex-
pense of 100000 in addition to the price
named in the bid of the Rockaway and
Hudson Company if that plan was
adopted.
This committee has given due con-
sidsration to the question of temporary
relief drawn from the Newark supply
in case of accident to our works, and
what has just been said of a pipe route
running parallel to the city's present
pipes is true of a route which, after
passing Belleville Pumping station in its
route north crosses the Newark sup
ply. which could be connected so
that each supply could be used
to protect the other in case of ac-
cident to either works, and the fact
that this can be done causes us to re-
port that single pipe is sufficient for
the citys requirements. The committee,
for foregoing reasons, reports that it
is. in favor of making a contract with the
Jersey City Water Company according
to its formal proposal for single pipe
line.
This committee would further report
on the question of a temporary supply.
The supplemental propositions. of the
East Jersey Water Company for tenn
porary supply on conditions that the
| award of the permanent supply should
be made to that company. This fact
caused the proposal of this company to
| be studied with a, view to seeing if the
| features of the formal and supplemental
| bids were not of sufficient advantage to
| the city to award to. that company a
| and permanent supply. Not arriving at
! that conclusion. inasmuch as the specifi-
cations stated that "all bidders making
a formal bid under this specification will
be allowed to offer as many supplemental
propositions and attach them to their
bids as they may desire, on which they
can offer for the consideration of the
Board a new supply of water upon such
terms. conditions and plans as the bid
| der may propose. The certified check
already referred to being held as
guarantee of each proposition submitted
| in this manner as well as of the former
| bid." it was thought advisable to con-
slider supplemental proposition No. A of
the East Jersey Water Company.
Having reached the decision to award
the contract to Jersey City Water Com
pany. as stated. we haves so far as we
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ply and all bids and propositions relating
| thereto, there is left before US the sup
Elemental propositions Nos. 8 and OF
| the East Jersey Water Company relating
| to a temporary supply. No. 8, in our
| opinion, offers no attractive features;
| No. A Offers US the Pequannock (or New
COO 600 gallons of $43 per million, reducing
to s32 per million for 5o,OOO.o0p gallons;
the offer of the company admits that it
cannot, from this source, fully supply
| Jersey City with water, and also offers
to furnish this water on the following
| condition:-''This offer is conditional
| upon uIl0 dWdIQ " US VI d COuCldSt lOt
a permanent supply" and while we have
some doubt as to the wisdom of buying
| good waited in large quantity to mix
| with the Passaic wates- as pumped by
| the city, we believe that inasmuch as
there is great difficulty in reaching a
price for this temporary supply by a
| direct bidding, and having the offer be-
/ fore US, even though coupled by a con-
| dition. it is advisable to award con-
| tract for a temporary supply to the East
Jersey Water Company from the supply
and at the prices named in their supple
mental proposition No. A. and take the
judgment of the reviewing board there
on.
Finally, we would report that in oul
opinion, Mr.. C. C. vermeule be consulted
as to whether he wail act as engineer fol
the city to direct and supervise the con
struction of the permanent water supply
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD BROWN.
| w. H HOOKER,
GEO w. HARDING.
GEO R. PATTERSON.
JNo. C. KAISER
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