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

Jersey Water Company, held on the TWEEN
! ty-first day of March, 1885,
Resolved, That Clemens Hefscnei, .me
engineer and superintendent OF this COM
pany, be and is hereby, authorized ana
| empowered to present a bid. to the prop
er authorities of Jersey City, IN the form q
in the proposals hereto annexed;
ASST sec'y Gas Jersey Water Co, South
THE LIBRARY OF
THE LEHIGH UNIVERSITY,
| Mr.. Clemens Herschel, Supt. East Jer-
Dear Sir-The water received from you
contains, parts per million- . ,-
per T.. S. Express Co., March goth, 80,
Organic matter, reducing potassium +.
I%norganic matter (eathiy basel. S..
s%niphates Calculated as s%ulphuric
acid).. :. :. 5. :. ....-.... 70,
Aibumenoid ammonia. =. :. -. ole
| Nitric acid. hone
| Nitrous acid or nitrites.. :. ..... none
Color, family yellow. ;. j. $3.50.
REACTION and taste. neutral
Hardness (French scale, degrees) IA
s'0l ". H. CHANDLER.
MARCH %. 's5.
The sample Of water referred to in
the above ANALYSIS Of Prot Cban band 81
at the point of the. proposed intake OF
the East Jersey Water Co.. at Little
Falls, on March 18th, 1895, forward
ed 70 MN 81 cLE aaIiss;s HERscHEL,
Eng. & Supt. E. J. W. Co.
Proposal for furnishing a new supply OF
water for the City of Jersey City, N. j.,
under Revised and amended Specification
The Jersey City Water Company pro
| ~acR RI nVayidn fhn I1lafnri1I l. and fl1r-
nish the labor and produce the results
required in said Specification g, on the
basis OF a twenty-five year contract, SUP,
jet to the options as expressed in SAID
specification, for the following prices
in the following manner
BID A-For water delivered at a mini
mum consumption of twenty million gal
| Ions per Gay, so that a maximum supply
Of fifty million gallons per, aay can %
equal capacity. capable O. delivering to-
gether fifty million gallons per day., with
additional gate at mae as psf spaSl,
per miIiion gallons
For each million gallons up to twenty
milton gallons daily, ~forty-four C4D COL
lars.
FOR each million gallons between TWEEN
ey and twenty-five million gallons daily
forty-two (sl2,, dollars; +r,an
ty-tive ana thirty million gallons daily
forty (s40) dollars.
For each million gallons between thirty
and thirty-five million gallons daily,
thirty-six $3.50 dollars.
For each million gallons between thirty
thirtyatwo $50 dollars.
For Zach million gallons between forty
and forty-tiye million gallons daily
twenty-eight &2g dollars.
For eacn million gallons between forty
five ana fifty mllion gallons daily,
1t is the purpose of the company, as vii
be seen by It's plans accompanying thu
pic, to construct a tunnel through tins
Watchurg Mountain, about three a!ll
one.nalf miles in length Gneiuaing tne
viaduct at Ieckmans Erook); TINS tua,
mel will be lined with BRICK ana have an
inside diameter. when completed, of SIX
million gallons per day IN the proposed
grade. This tunnel will be practically
supply on either, the one or two main
systems required by the specifications. In
fact, it will accommodate any addltlona!
hundred and five million gallons daily.
BID B-For water delivered at a mini
mum consumption Of twenty million gal
ply OF fifty million gallons per day car
be furnished, using one supply man
capable OF delivering fifty million gallons
For each million gallons up to twenty
million gallons daily th!rty.nine GSs.75,
For each million gallons between TWEEN
ty. n twenty-dye million gallons daily
| Jn1rtY-SGYEU t30D OOl1dTS.
Fol each million gallons between TWEEN
ty-fve and thirty million gallons daily,
t~hirty-fve $3.50 dollars.
Fol- each million gallons between thirty
ard thirty-five million gallons daily,
thirty-two (s32) dollars.
For each million gallons between thirty
i've Sna l9 9sas) d dalalrSn sAii0As uai's
For each million gallons between forty
and N forty,fiyel s27 mi dafIars gallons daily
For each miihon gallons between forty
five and fifty million gallons daily,
twsnty-fve l$25) d ni,i siso f,r,,s, ,,nde,
this bid an additional gate at intake, as
provided in the specification
rig EFT s tore E gia raserS xhssf PIPE aDfR lhSs's. I iand'
and rights of way, and an appurtenances
and easements necessary to fulfill the re
tent of fifty million gallons CT wateI
daily forever, which purchase can be
made at any time within twenty years
With two supply. mains, the sum Of
$8,000,0 600 (eight million dollars.
With n supply main the sum of 81
900, 600 (seven million doHars).
We are willing to accept payment as
ZEN per cent do per cent thereof in
negotiable coupon water bonds of Jersey
City, Of the Reorganization of one thou
sand dollars (s1,000) each, bearing inter
est at the rate of four per cent. a pei
cent? per annum. payable semi-annuai-
". and to run at least twenty years
ninety per cent. 600 per cent? thereof in
cash. The city having the right to agrees
with bidder as to whether payment shall
be, ali cash or bonds, Or part cash and
part bonds.
BID C-For water delivered according
to specifications, at the rate Of fifty mil
ply. the city, if It CONTRACTS. to take al
least twenty million gallons per day
using Us eap two supply II Se masna q t eauat sap }iffl
million gallons per day, with additiona.