The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-18
NEW WATER PLANS
The Specifications Modified
So That Bona Eide Bid
ders May Come In.
READY FOR MAYOR WANSER
A Comparative Standard Of Purity
The Bond Reduced-Finance
Board Will Act.

The Street and Water Commissioners
met this morning and instead of extend
ing the time allowed Mayor Wanser In
which to approve OF reject the water
specifications, rescinded the most recent
Committee of the Whole, which was as
follows:-
Your Committee of the Whole, which
has had under advisement the prepara.
tion of the specifications for a new sup
ply of water, since the adoption Of the
their readoption on February 4, 1885
which were advertised by the consent OF
the Board Of Finance in the newspapers
of Jersey City, for the purpose of in
v.ting criticism to the Specifications, has
noted the criticisms directed to said
specifications by citizens and possible bid
and believing that the specifications can
be amended in part, to enlarge the num-
Der of bidders, lower the possible price
of bids and with advantage to the city,
and which can be corrected in some de-
tails because of the information gathered
from the criticisms would respectfully
report that in the judgment of the com
lnfttee the resolution adopting Specifica-
tions 4, B, c and D SHOULD be rescinded.
CHANGES SUGGESTED. -
Your committee herewith presents
suggestions as were thought valuable and
proper, the essential changes being as
follows
percentage of twenty per cent. in case
of purchase has been changed to a bond
equaHing ten per cent of the cost price.
So The width of the right of way has
been increased from twenty to thirty
g. The eminent domain features have
been enlarged, to make a distinction be-
tween lands and property incident to
az Prof Austens Standard, instead Of
being made absolute, IS made a basis s
nished by each bidder, provision being
made that the standard accepted by the
city be adhered to.
5. PROVISION has been arranged Tor ar
bitration in case of dispute as to quality
of water.
''6. Allowance has been made for strikes
and unavoidable delays in the completion
Of the work.
'7- The amount of Iquidated. damages
and c from $500 to $500 per day.
.'8. The bond for the performance OF
the contract in Specifications A, B and
c, up to the acceptance of the water
supply, has been reduced from s1,00O,000
'9. In the pumping specifications (Spe-
ci1cation AZ a change has been made
which will enable bidders to bid with or
without q storage capacity, according to
the volume of the stream to be pumped
from.
80. In Specification B, for pumping and
gravity supply, and Specification G, for
a gravity supply, the capacity of the
storage reservoirs has been Increased.
from a sixty to a. one hundred day max
inlum supply.
gravity supply TO High Service (Speciica-
ton g the auxiliary main from Belleville
to- High Service has been abandoned.
IL. In the following specifications, more
definite information is provided, as to the
land which the city can furnish, and ii,
case it cannot, what the contractor must
NEW SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED.
The. recommendations of the Commit
tee of the Whole have been embodied in
a new set of Specifications which are the
same as the old ones with the exception
of the recommendations referred to. The
new specifications were adopted by the
unanimous vote of the board.
It is believed that, the new features
will make room for liveher competition.
The specifications will be forwarded tc
Mayor Wanser for his approval not later
TO RI1-ADVERTISE THEM.
~ a resolution was adopted directing the
CLERK OF the Board BY and d. With the
ed IN THE News and Journal for. a
period of FIVE days, SO that they may be
A second resolution was adopted pro-
viding that in case the specifications are
aePpEovedd ed by Nays Mayer Wanser that the
vertise for proposals without delay The
plan to receive bids on March 25 has not
been changed as yet. The Board of Fl
resolution directing the advertisement of
the specifications will come up for con-
Sideration.
WATER TO HAVE PRECEDENCE.
It is understood that the resolution will
meet with no opposition. Commissioner
Simpson was present at the meeting this
morning and he expressed it as his be-
lief that all resolutions concerning the
water question would be disposed 81
speedily by the Board of Finance.
1t was whispered about City Hall this
morning, however, that when the reso-
luton to advertise for proposals comes
up for concurrence, President Jones and
Commissioner Hardenbergh will op-
pose it.
Their reasons will be made public when
the time for action arrives.