The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-06
\ lands, water: water rights and other prop

all lands, water. water rights and other prop
erty.
HARMLEss OF DAMAGES.
The contractor shall hold the city harmless
from all claims. demands, suits. damages ana
royalties. which may be claimed by reason OF
the work done by the contractor.
COMPARATIVE STANDARD OF WATER
For the purposes of comparison of the quail
ity of waters to be furnished by bidders
from different localities. the city has had
prepared s standard of purity by Prof. Peter
T. Austen. Phi. d. F. C. S., as follows:-
1.-The total solid matter shall not exceed
ITO parts per million and may be inorganic re-
sidue entirely.
1.-THE total organic matter in one million
parts shall not reduce more than s parts OF
Potassium permanganate.
1II.-The total amount of earthly bases shall
not exceed so parts per million.
Iv.-The total amount of chlorin in combin-
alton shall not exceed 8.5 parts per million
V.-The total amount of sulphates shall not
exceed 100 parts per million.
VI.-The total amount of free ammonia shall
not exceed .05 parts per million.
VfI.-The total amount of albuminoid am
monia shall not exceed Is parts per million.
VIII.-The total amount of nitric acid shall
not exceed 2 parts per million.
IX.-The water supply shall not contain any
nitrous acid or nitrites.
X.-The water shall be transparent and free
from color, odor, turbidity, alkaline or acid
tastes.
Kilt shall be limited to a five degree French
standard of hardness.
XII.-Test specimens for analyses of the
water to be taken at any point of delivery
east of the Passaic River. at the terminus
of the new main herein specified.
And presents this as a basis to compare the
quality of water to be furnished by the vari-
GUS bidders. and 30 enable the City to make
the comparison, each bidder must in his pro-
posal state the standard of purity of the
water at the place from which the water
will be taken. and this standard must be
inserted in the, proposal; and in case the
City contracts, the standard offered by the
contractor shall be maintained during the
term Of the contract.
No supply will be considered under this
specification which is not naturally pure and
wholesome, or which requires filtration or
other chemical or artificial treatment.
In case a dispute arises that the water has
fallen below the accepted standard, the city
shall not be required to pay the contract
prices therefor, during the period in which
the quality of the water is disputed, but the
price to be paid the contractor for the water
used during such period of dispute shall be
be named By the city. one by the contrac-
tor. a third to be selected by the two SO
chosen, whose decision is to be final; during
the period of dispute the contractor shall be
required TO furnish the usual daily supply
for the city's Payment for the
water, at the contract prices, shall not be
resumed until the contractor at his own ex-
pense shall prove to the satisfaction of the
arbitrator that the water is equal to the
accepted standard.
THE CONTRACTOR TO MEASURE THE
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The contractor shall measure the water at
his own expense, under the supervision of
the representatives of the city, in case of
dispute as to the amount delivered the city
shall pay the sum which it comedies to be
due and the disputed amount shall be set
tied by arbitration.
One arbitrator to be named by the City,
one by the contractor, a third to be selected
by the two SO chosen. whose decision is to
be final. The water shall be measured upon
the City's property, east of the Passaic River,
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be agreed upon.
PAYMENT.
The city will pay quarterly the sum due to
the contractor at such repositories as the con-
tractor designates.
INSPECTION.
The contractor shall furnish the city with
all plans, details and working ~drawings as
the work progresses under this contract;
and the city, through its engineer or engi-
neers specially appointed to supervise the
work herein specified, shall have the right
furnished by the contractor, and reject the
same if not in accordance with this specif-
cation, plans. etc.
TIME TO COMPLETE.
The contractor shall be allowed two years
from the date Of contract to complete the
work and furnish the water as specified.
All time lost by reason Of strikes, acct
dents or other delays unavoidable, or beyond
the control of the contractor, shall not be
computed as part of the time herein specified.
L~IQuIDATED DAMAGES.
For every days delay in the completion of
the work, beyond the term of contract, the
contractor shall pay to the City of Jersey
City the sum of two hundred dollars per
day as liquidated damages, and not by way
of penalty.
1t being understood that this clause will
not be enforced for the time lost in case of
strikes, accidents or other delays unavoid-
able or beyond the control of the contractor,
as provided in the previous section.
CERTIFIED CHECK TO ACCOMPANY BID.
AS an evidence of gond faith, each bidder
will deposit one hundred thousand dollars in
one Of the National Banks of Jersey City,
or The New Jersey Title Guarantee and
Trust Company, and attach to his PROPOSAL
a certified check for the amount, PAYABLE to
the order of the Treasurer of Jersey City; on
award of contract such check will be returned
to unsuccessful bidders and returned to success
full bidder on signing and deliv-
ely Of the contract, and to be forfeited by the
successful bidder to the use Of the city. in
case the contract is not signed within ten days
after it is ready for execution on part Of said
contractor.
BONDS.
The contractor must furnish a bond of
five hundred thousand dollars, the Sc
curity to be subject to approval ac-
cording to law, for the performance of the
contract I'D to the date Of acceptance of
water supplied Hereunder, at which time and
upon the delivery to the city of the bond here
matter provided for. this bond is to be can
celled. Upon the acceptance of water under
this contract, the contractor must furni h a new
bond of five hundred thousand dollars for the
faithful performance Of the contract through
out its period, which bond is to be in force for
twenty-five years, unless the city purchases the
plant, the water supply and the appurtenances
etc. And on the completion of the purchase,
this bond is to be cancelled.
FORM OF BOND.
The form of all bonds mentioned in this speci-
fcation shall be approved by the Corporation
Counsel.
DRAWING OF CONTRACT.
The contract to carry into effect this speci-
fcation shall be prepared by the Corporation
Attorney, with the approval of the Corporation
Counsel.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
Proposals will not be received later than
time fixed.
Proposals must be made on blank forms OBJ
tanned at the office of the Chief Engineer.
and be delivered to the Clerk of the Board
in a sealed envelope in open meeting, when
called for under Specification 'B,' said en-
velope to be endorsed Proposal for New Wa
ter Supply under Specification b."
Prices must be stated in figures and writing
Any proposal not complying with all the
requirements will be deemed informal and
rejected.
The City reserves the right to reject any or
all bids, made by virtue of this specification.
SPECIALIZATION r.