The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-08

bonds to pay. for a water supply at the
price stated in any option expressed In
any contract for a new water supply
upon the same being submitted to a vote
,Third-A law Indicating how such vote
This legislation made our specifications
absolutely safe in their ability to be. ex-
who might q nnn a contract On This con.
dition has never existed in any previous
attempt to obtain a water supply. II
specifications bids were received on March
3. 1895; one by the Eass Jersey Water
SS y pnmpin Tor at 2 L SitatpfplTF Fails IL into m la 4 rsser.
voir at Great. Notch, and thence by
gravity to Bellevue; the other, tina nab,e q
offered a supply. by. gravity from what is
known as the Rockaway. watershed.
board AT the ins 5pxits5i0q the Of g 19fa Rlsd '%gFosu sais
Where. the plants would Be erected; w
new water supply, which by proper reso-
lqtlG 9Rs WIS Whels re # fsIs tG be sas o Sntlf tss
formal bids were disposed of. This we
did in justice to ourselves and to the
what We stated in our specifications, that
our terms were made adyissdly and We're
have Ss h sSss in5 psssIvsds pubic y.
t~ention in another way; His Honor
\ the Mayor DldcGQ III Oli1SS CT
the disposal of both the formal
bidders and those offering propositions
for the, purpose Of giving hearings there
board, the Beard of Finance, the law
| officers, and the representatives., OF the
a ens It ns sssR Rsari mere T iRsif hsa f IS R %srs
ppoposition &c e I e sPfa aae 8 BY its is %pEoSfno sEsls
We're put covering The whole ground with
a view Of bringing t. the front the merits
custom: and as the Mayor had provided
q large blackboard, the presentation q
| facts and figures were made with maps
| and plans and in part on the blackboard;
while the discussion proceeded, and full
reports were published in the daily papers
fhat wf the pubIic and the %officiais were in
possession of the same information ana
facts; aonfr
| ences, at which the results of the hear
| ings and the points of the Mayors inter
view Of April 20, 1895, as printed in the
| outcome of which was that it decided as
a Committee of the Whole on Tuesday,
April %, 1895. to announce by an inter
| view with our President that we We're
| opposed to a pumping supply II a gray
ity supply could be obtained and that we
were Of the opinion that the watershed
proposed by them, would not produce
the required water in a very. dry year.
The board also prepared q letter which
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| bodied some new features not in the
present specifications. The present specls
water by the million gallons; as the bids
received were the first ever received our.
ing all the years in which the water
ed a definite price at which. the work
and supply could be bought, the city by
its officials; were enabled for thf fir s.
interest on the, price of the work. etc.
| and compare the same with the price
charged per million gallons.
1t was found by this comparison that
| at the commencement of the using of the
water it was cheaper to buy by the mil
lion gallons up to 2 certain quantity sd n t,a and
er TO pay the interest on the specified
price of the works, etc. in lieu of prices
by the million gallons, and ~ons tp,s fact
| the bidders plans and all the PROPOSE
sewerage of small places. and while we
| protected the city in these s~pecifications
by Il standard Of purity We thought that
a al T v iefo towns s1,n efe;' shnnnla b hat sewegs
ed as a first essential. We thought well
of the Mayors proposition to divide the
| the condemnation Of the land and water
| rights to accrue to the city at net cost.
| the contractor to name a figure beyond
( dotbted its practicability. All these
| matters were stated In our proposed let
ter of April 90, 1895.
Inasmuch as we were In doubt as to
whether we could request the Jersey
| City Water Company to appear before our
| board TO see whether thev. would offAF
| any ENLARGED water shed and If SO. If the
same could be legally accepted because
| of it being an enlargement of q, proposal
| properly received in response to adver-
tisement and also being in doubt as to
whether we could send the letter re-
| farrpd IN water contractors and DrOS-
pective bidders without advertising. for
bids we did at our Meeting of April %
| Committee of the Whole and passed a
resolution requesting the opinion, of the
Corporation Counsel or the questions OF
which we were in doubt.
His opinion was received at the meet
ing of April II, 1895, and from it il ap-
pears that we must accept the BIDS as
proposed according to spectf1cations anc
without change. ard that we cannot
, issue the letter inviting propositions ac-
cordirg to the terms of that letter with
out advertisement.
ter and reached the following conclu-
/. That the Jersey CITY Water Com,
| made the denosit of s1oo, 600, as required
by the specifications as a guarantee OF
2. That by It's plan 1T has offered, a
IN length. capable of delivering 100000
| gallOnS~Of wafer Od1ly anu StOTdSH IrSrI
voir of a capacity of oyer Il, oao. GOO, oOo
| gallons. which equals a daily supply at
| the rate of SO. coz. 600 million gallons per
| day for over pa days. which is an ex-
| cess of 1874 days over the requirements
| Of 400 davs' sunnly, as called for IN our
specifications. The price is specified as
| $1,000. 000, ard for a double pipe system
| So. 900, 900. We have compared these prices
with the supply Of the game number 1T
T. e., 5000 900. the pipe line of which sup
| ply is a single pipe of but p miles. in
| length. and the storage provided is. but
slightly in excess Of 5000. 1000 gallons.
being upwards of 100 DAYS storage at
| the rate of $4,000 900 gallons per day.
| and we have concluded that. considering
| the character of the gathering grounds
| price of Newark's supply was reasonable.
and that is the best known measure .of
| comparison within the reach or knowledge
| of this board.
8. That the water is to be gathered
in the best watershed available. for a sup
| ply for Jersey City, as all the waters
| falling in the shed are within our State
| ply IS ample as compared with the Ram
| apo, and the water IS Of fine quality and
! in a region in which the future growth
of population has not to be conSiuereQs
| and. moreover. the water itself is free
| from the hardness produced by the lime
formation surrounding K in the north
| western part of the State.
q That the storage reservoirs are, with
| one exception, either lakes or reservoirs
| in which, water IS now stored by means OF
/ dams. which rave existed long enough to
\ test the water when stored. and Which
| lakes and reservoirs are to be increased
in capacity. by. damming the outlets ana