The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-06
SPECIFICATION D..
REVISED AND AMENDED.
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REVISED AND AMENDED.
SPECIFICATION d.
for purifying and filtering a supply of water
for Jersey City, N. j.
PURIFICATION AND FILTRATION.
This specification is for the purifying and
fltering of the present Passaic River water.
as now pumped by the pumping plant OF the
City of Jersey City, N. J., in Union Town
ship. Bergen County, N. J., on the east side
of the Passaic River. opposite Belleville. N. ].
BIDS RECEIVED.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, by
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners.
and filtered water, based on this specification,
at the Office of the Board, corner of Mercer
street and Jersey avenue. in Jersey City, Nj.
on the twenty-ffth day of March. 1895. at
eleven o'clock a. NJ
PRICE
Bidders must be prepared to state a price
water will be furnished, equal to or ex-
ceeding fifty million gallons per day, as
hereinafter provided, and the City agrees
to take at least twenty million gallons per
day of such purified and filtered water, in
TERM OF CONTRACT.
If the city contracts, the contract will run
for twenty-five years, and the bidder must
state prices for purified and filtered water per
million gallons, United States standard, on
the following siding scale,
Ions.
A price per million gallons for the first
twenty million gallons daily.
A price per million gallons for each addf-
tional million gallons or fraction thereof be-
tween twenty and twenty-five million gallons
daily.
A price per million gallons for each addi-
tional million gallons or fraction thereof be-
tween twenty-five and thirty million gallons
daily.
tional million gallons or fraction thereof be-
tween thirty and thirty-ive million gallons
daily.
A price per million gallons for each addi-
tional million gallons or fraction Whereof be-
tween thirty-ive and forty million gallons
daily.
a price per million gallons for each addi-
tional million gallons or fraction thereof be-
tween forty and f~orty-ive million gallons
daily.
A price per million gallons for each addi-
tional million gallons or fraction thereof be-
tween forty-fve and fifty million gallons daily.
OPTION on PLANT.
The bidder must also state the price at
which the City can buy and own in sew
crafty the purifying and filtering plant and
appurtenances and easements necessary to full
fiji the requirements of this specification,
to the extent of fifty million gallons
of water daily, at any time within twenty
years from the first supply and acceptance Of
water therefrom.
The cify viii pay for said purchase of
plant, appurtenances, etc, if made, either in
cash or bonds. or in part cash and part bonds.
as may be agreed upon, the bonds to bear
interest at the rate of four per cent. per all
mum. to run at least twenty years.
Bidders must also state the price at which
the city can buy and own in severalty the
purifying and fltering plant, .appurtenances
and easements necessary to fulfill the re-
quirenents of this specification, with a mini
mum supply of fifty million gallons of water
daily, and any excess above said minimum
supply of fifty million gallons per day, at
any time within twenty years from the date
of delivery of water. The City will pay for
said purchase and plant, ETC., if made, either
in cash or bonds, or in part cash and part
bonds, at the option of the City, the bonds
to bear interest at the rate Of four per cent.
per annunl, to run at least twenty years.
Bidders mast state terms of payment which
they are willing to accept. it being under
stood that a bond equal to ten per cent. Of
the cost agreed upon to be paid is to be fur
nished by the contractor to the city, for
its protection (the security to be subject to
approval according to law for a term of ave
years from date OF purchase of plant; that said
purifying and fltering plant and appurtenances
shall be in every respect in accordance with
the requirements of this specification. and alt
payments for purified and filtered water shall.
cease on completion of contract to purchase.
EXCLUSIVELY FOR JERSEY CITY.
The purifying and altering plant must be
built exclusively for Jersey City, and the
contractor shall furnish no purified or filter
ed water to any consumer OF Jersey City
water, or to any other consumer except Jersey
City. The City Of jersey City is to receive
all the purified and filtered water which is
to be furnished by the proposed plant
PRICE FOR MAINTAINING PLANT
Bidder, in case the City purchases the puri-
flying and fitering plant, must state a price
per million gallons. based on the foregoing
sliding scale. for which he will furnish the
labor. the materials and repairs to keep the
purifying and fltering plant at its full eff
cheney. for the term of twenty-five years from
the date of contract. m
APPLIANCES, PROCESS AND METHODS
MUST BE SHOWN.
All appliances, processes and methods must
be shown on the plans. drawings and details
which must be furnished and annexed to the
proposal.
AUXILIARY MAIN.
Bidder must state a price for which an
auxiliary main will be furnished and laid to
connect Belleville reservoir with High Ser
vice reservoirs, which main shall be forty
eight inches inside diameter.
The contractor must submit a plan for the
construction OF said main and shall describe
its character, capability, strength, material,
foundations and style.
The city is to have the right to order the
bidder to furnish and lay such main at the
price named in the proposal, and the further
right to purchase such main at the price
of the same. or within five years from the
ccmpletion of the same, provided the city pays
five per cent. interest on the proposal price
for such time as it uses said main from
the time of its completion; the City,
If it orders the main to be furnished
and laid, will contract to purchase
the same at the proposal price at
the time of completion, or within five
years from such time with interest as afore-
said. Such main to be 1ufnlSned and laid To
the satisfaction of the city. The city re-
serves the right to reject all bids for this
main.
1t being understood that all bids received
for such main will be considered independ-
ent of and not as a part of the publication
and filtration bid, but no bidder will be award
ed the contract for said main unless he re-
ceived the award for the publication and
filtration plant.
CONTRACTOR TO USE CONTROL
LED BY CITY.
The city will, SO far as it has the power.
permit the contractor to use such lands as it
may own or control, as may be necessary for
the purpose of laying said main from Belle
Vile to High Service Reservoirs.
And also will, SO far as 1t has power, permit
the contractor to use such lands as it may
own or control, as may be necessary for the
purpose of erecting a purifying and altering
plant; and will furnish to bidders all informa-
ton showing where land is available for laying
said main and erecting the purifying and fl
tering plant. and any land which may be
necessary which cannot be provided by the
CITY. must be provided for by the contractor.
COMPARATIVE STANDARD OF WATER.
For the purpose of comparison Of the quail
ity Of waters to be furnished by bidders from
different localities, the City has had pre-
pared d standard of purity by Prof. Peter
T. Austen. Phi d. F. c. s., as follows:-
1. The total solid matter shall not exceed
10 parts per million, and may be inorganic
residue entirely.
II. The total organic matter in one million