The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-23
EVAPORAT|AC.
The Great Water Enter
prise Melting Away Into
Thin Mist.
BOTH BIDS REJECTED
+ lueer Substitute Scheme to
! Receive Informal Proposals
Next Saturday.
PUMPING PLANS BARRED
Circular Letter of the Board to
Promoters of Projects-Presi-
dent McArthur's Ex-
PLANTATION.
PUMPING PLANS BARRED

planatlon.
The Street and Water Commissioners
met this morning as the Committee OF
the Whole and rejected the formal bids of
7. the East Jersey and Jersey City Water
q Companies and also all the informal pro-
4 positions now before the board.
The action occasioned some surprise
at the City Hall when the news reached
! there Mayor Wanser's only remark was
!. that he believed the Street and Water
commissioners had done what they deem
+. i for the best interests of the city.
M'ARTHUR EXPLAINS.
!, When asked why the bids were rejected,
president Macarthur said:-..The board
visited Little Falls and the Rockaway
s Shed to inspect the waters covered by
the bids of the East Jersey Company
and the Jersey City Water Company
We are unanimous that the city should
not establish another pumping plant if
Sit can possibly be avoided and we are sat
SIZED that the present gravity offer does
sot offer suitable size of shed to sup
siyears. We could not re-arrange the
aty bid to suit our own ideas because
vas a formal bid in answer to adver-
Ssement. We thought it advisable to
s Ffeject the bids and state what we think
Should be embodied in a gravity supply
i end ask for propositions thereon so that
5tcan modify them if need be. to meet
requirements. We fix the time to
--3leive the propositions on next Satur-
Gay. as we think that will give all par
ties chance to state their propositions.
Lsas all who appeared have their plans
prepared AS the two formal bidders
have their deposit checks with the Treas
urer we think they will both send propo-
sitions in accordance with our views.
We have given this matter close atten-
tion. and hope that it is nearing set
tlement.''
INVITATIONS SENT OUT.
As soon as the bids and propositions
were rejected. letters calling for new pro-
sitions were sent in haste to the follow
ing projectors
GEORGE B. INMAN.
woLTMANN. KEITH & co.
HUGH REILLY.
BONzANO & CLARK.
THE JERSEY CITY WATER COM
PANY and
THE EAST JERSEY. WATER COM
PANY.
The following is a copy of the call sent
to prospective proposers:-
Board of Street and Water Commission
JERSEY City. April %. 1886
Inasmuch as this board, by Committee
OF the Whole. has deemed it advisable
to reject the proposals for a new water
supply as submitted to the board. March
%, 1885,. You are invited to submit a
proposition to supply Jersey City with a
supply OF water by gravity into the High
service reservoirs at head of 30 feet
above mean high tide.
# a contract is made it shall run for
twenty-five years; the propositions for
water must state a price for which
supply will be provided for minimum
supply of fifty million gallons of water
per day by either a single or double
pipe line, and state that the proposed
contractor will have no right 20 any sur
l.on gallons in the water shed from which
1t is taken, or which can be stored IN
proposed plant by reason of making this
must be stated, and that no further works
for a public water. supply will be built
within such shed by person submitting
will pay per cent. interest on the agreed
price of the works in lieu of all water
of five years from first delivery Of water
shall have, the option to buy the plant
and pay for the same n per cent.
twenty-five year bonds of the city, or in
cash or partly in cash and partly in
bonds, as may be agreed upon, which
option shall commence ON the completion
water and terminate at the expiration
Of the date Of contract. the payment
city from questioning the character of
Persons submitting propositions must
voirs or intake VIII be disposed of out
side the limits. Of supply. The city will
ssaerfeibse eb its right Of eminent domain
tractors to save city harmless from all
expenses incident to perfecting the
For the purpose of comparison of the
quality of water to be furnished by bid
tders from different localities, the city
by Prof. Peter F. Austen. Ph. B., F. G.
s., as follows
1.-THE total solid matter shall not ex-
<eed 170 parts per million, and may be
inorganic residue entirely.
1.-THE total organic matter in 1,000-
600 parts shall not reduce more than eight
parts of potassium permanganate.
III.-The total amount of earthly bases
shall not exceed eighty parts per mil
Lon.
IV-The total amount of clorln in
combination shall not exceed S.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. s.per million:
nIl.nTheh e. t9fal La amount syaa Of alnuminoid
million. Il sgs 81 ss. e
v iII.-rhe total anount Of nitric acid
shaiI not exceed two 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 five degree
French standard Of hardness.
XIE-Test specimens for analysis of
the water to be- taken at any point of
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