The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-06

gate at intake as per specification, at
the. following schedule rate per miihon
For each million gallons up to twenty
million gallons daily. fifty-three \
ment shan be made for twenty million
gallons for each day. whether the water
consumed shall reaen that amount or not.
For each million gallons between TWEEN
ty and twenty-five million gallons daily,
fifty one and one-half &5l: SOD dollars.
For each million gallons between twen-
t tStyss ana dn one-aaii M J d,55 dollars. ~
For each million gallons between thirty
and thirty.flve million gallons dahy.
For each million gallons between thirty
five and forty million gallons daily, forty
For each million gallons between forty
and forty-tive million gallons daily, forty
For each million gallons tive forty
five and fifty million gallons daily, thirty
tour ($SD dollars.
No; 6-For the pumping plant. WAFER
supply, water rights, storage reservoirs,
pipe lines, lands and right of way, and all
appurtenances ana necessary
10 fulfill the requirements of this speei-
fcations, with a minimum supply of nifty
million gallons per day forever, and 70
have the sole. and exclusive ownership
above said minimum supply of Ifty NIL
lion gallons per day which purchase can
be Fem maze de at Ara any ys 5lme wi af wa tweh's years
In order to comply with the require
ments of the specifications the company
| has made the foregoing prices upon the
above propositions Marked NO. 4 anu
No. 5.
1t should be said that the propositions
are such that they require a plant SO
much beyond the present or anticipated
needs of the city, that they involve a
very large and useless expenditure Tor
ton of water rights which would re-
main unused for many years; the prices
stated are therefore of necessity very
high if not prohabitive: as a matter OF
fact the city would obtain no substantial
benefit under this form OF proposition
which cannot be secured under the
| No. 6 is concerned. it should be noted
tha inasmuch1 as the intake Of the COM
pany is to be located at Little Fails on
the sole and exclusive ownership of the
excess above fifty million gallons per
day would involve the ACQUISITION ana
safe River. as against all water
power companies below that point
amounting to a minimum daily supply
Ions. Such requirement would be I'm
possible at the proposed point OF intake.
jersey City could not acquire th.s .ea-
ouirements of the Cities of Paterson and
We fix no price for the above plant
there practically available for Jersey
City is much larger than that obtain
able at any other point IN the FassaiS
| Water Shed. a portion Of the excess rs
| already vested in the Cities OF Passalc
and Paterson and used by them LOT a
| public water supply and cannot pc puI-
chased or lawfully condemned Furlnef-
! more the excess is vastly greater than
| Jersey City can ever REQUIRE
For the auxiliary main OF ~ lnches m
side diameter, to connect Bellevue res
eryotr with High Service reservoir. the
| sum of six hundred thousand dollars
$500. 0OU and make the following deserip-
Foundation and styles of said auxiliary
supply main.
The main shall be a steel rlveted con-
duit built in a first class manner, meas
diameter at the smallest cross section;
strong enough to Withstand two hundrsa
(200) feet head without straining the
curely and suitably laid with inverted
syphons or flexible pipes of suitable con-
struct.on at the river CROSSINGS, lie
able right of way to be agreed upon py
the engineers Of the city and company
constructing said reservoirs of sHbstan-
Tally the same length n onvenlence
OF access as the present r-gnt OIL way
occupied by said city for its present pipe
Ines. This offer is not to be binding
upon said ompan unless the company
shall also be awarded the contract for
a permanent water supply for Jersey
City: Or this company Will build the
added and accruing to this company
for supervision of the work. The city
to exercise It's option between these two
offers to build the auxiliary main at
the time OF the signing OF the contract
for the new water snpply
tbaa oiIoWIng STANDARD. which standard
shall be maintained during the con-
The water will be of the quality found
at the head of the Little Falls. at the
time, Of delivery. The quality varies dur
ing the year, but i. ga Of an a nlgh f s5an many
years past by Sta,e oftcials. Tnere Is
no source of supply IN the Passaic Val
ley where the hlenq u gu y,5 o. the b water a i5 so
| the points of Contamination by popula-
ton, and at q point where the quan-
twice that Of the Croton. that the per
| centage of organic matter Is reduced 10
a lower average percentage than at hlgn-
fore, is naturally pure and wholesome
at all seasons of the year. The com
pany does not propose to filter the water
or treat 1t cnemlcaily OF arlllcla1yi IL
is not required.
The company submits the accompany
ing analysis which has been made Of
water taken from the river at Little
at the time taken. and this analysis
| shows that the water is above the stan
dard specified by the city for comparison.
The standard presented by us is that
furnished by the Passaic River at the
| head of Little Falls, which is high and
Is as well Known as that OF any water
supply. There is no reason why this
| high standard of purity should not be
| preserved and maintained IN the future
under adequate, police protection; and
| In cooperation with the city, all reme-
| dies available to this end, under exist
| ing and future legislation of the State.
No contractor can do more than this to
protect the purity of water drawn from
any natural source; the State cannot
the same shall be demanded by the city,
| should existing laws prove INADEQUATE.
| We state that the stream from which
| pumping Is to be done is the Passaic
| River, at Little Falls, N. J., and that
such stream ! has had a capacity OF al 9,
| seasons of the year. As a matter of
fact. such stream has at that point a
1 capacity of over two hundred million
| GOO, 900, 6O0) gallons per day at all sea-
| sons of the year.
We agree to furnish the work and fur
| date Of contract, less computation allow
| ed by specifications for strikes, ETC.;
but If our. offer Of a temporary supply
is accepted, the time for. completion OF
the permanent supply shall. be extended
one year In making this bid WITH the
auire thai if its bid IS accepted. the
terms and details Of the contract TO
carry the same into effect shall he mli-
tualjy settled and agreed upon. by the
| city and the company.
! In this connection this company de-
4 sires to cali attention to the following
1 points in the specifications. AZ this
ing water to other municipalities and
customers from tine water sheds under