The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09

qtsdfleriy payment Tbs wafer shall be
Of the Passaic River. The CITY is to have,
the right TO test s-emi-ag1nually if desired
the capacity OF the works. the cost 81
Malcn test snail be borne by the con-
PAYMENT.
The city will pay quarterly the s,,n
as the contractor may designafe and 81
such times as are agreed upon in the
contract. 80
LOCATION OF PLANT
The dams. intakes and of5er worls
necessary 70 deliver said water must be
located wholly within the State aF New
5 1Sey IA ana must 9e 50 constructed that
supply OF Jersey City, and the cacfr. Is
snaA agree to furnish no water from ssi5
pan. 10 any consumer OF Jersey City
STORAGE RESERVOIRS
n order 70 insure the delivery Of said
water az az times, the contractor shall
as TO be capable of receiving ana sForin~
sufficient water to furnish at an finaas
a supply Of 80 million gallons daily 10 The
CITY. The location, capacity and char
snail be clearly Indicated in the bid The
plans for reservoirs, dams. embank-
nlents, over-fans. g-ate-houses ana ali an
Riiances connected Herewith shall be
liSd WITH the citys engineer appointed
% supervise the construction OF the
plant, before construction thereof shaal
be begun. (The city wiz test the sufii-
cheney Of storage capacity and catherine
grounds by applying thereto the propeg
table of flow during the driest period, as
given IN the Report on the Water Sun
ply Of the Geological Survey Of New
Jersey, dated 1894, and by allowing for
evaporation from the reservoir surface.
70 be computed by the use Of table No.
II, on page So, of said report.)
CONDUITS.
The conduits or appliances of whatever
nature by which the water Is to be con-
veyed to the city shall have a capacity
Of not less than IS million gallons daily.
Iney shan be Of approved design. suit
ao!e material and workmanship and suf-
ncient strength to resist safely all pres
sure 10 Which they may be subjected,
with a proper factor Of safety for the
pest engineering practice. Delivery from
the lowest point of intake on the stream
70 the city. must not be by open chan
nels. = character Of the proposed pipes
scribed IN the bid. Working drawings
Of the sane shall be fled with the cityss
engineer appointed to supervise the con-
struction Ct the plant, before construction
thereof shall be begun.
INCREASE TO FIBTY MILLION GAL
Ions DAILY.
Whenever. during the term of contract,
but prior TO the exercise Of the eity's OPP
ton to purchase. the city shall notify the
contractor TO increase the capacity Of his
waterworks to fifty million gallons daily,
then the contractor shall Immediately
proceed TO make such increase in storage
BE- necessary to furnish a total supply
OF fifty million gallons daily at all times.
and snali likewise increase the capacity
OF the cenduits so as TO be able to deliver
to the city fifty million gallons daily, and.
when SO increased where metal pipes are
used there shall be either two or three
tional works must be completed within
two years after service of the notice
aforesaid. After such additional works
are completed in accordance with this
section and on demand Of the city. the
city agrees that 1t viii take and pay for
at least thirty million gallons of water
RIGHT OF WAY.
The right OF way for conduits shall be
at least 40 feet in width, and the conduits
side thereof throughout and so as not to
occupy more thereof than is necessary.
Where the city furnishes right Of way,
the eonduits shall be laid on tina part
thereof designated by the city's engineer.
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
The city will agree to exert or exercise
such powers or rights In the matter of
condemnation or otherwise as II ROW has
or may hereafter acquire, and which may
be adVantageouSly used or exercised for
the urposes Of the contract, in order to
enable the use or acquisition of u wa
ter and water rights and lands or other
property, fer the right OF way, storage
reservoirs and other works or plant, as
be necessary to the proper and con-
veaient construction n maintenance of
said system of water works to supply
Jersey City as aforesaid, sand rights of
condemnation to be exercised in the name
OF the city. but at the cost and expense
of the contractor, and the contractor shall
pay and hold the city harmless of and
from all cost, expenses, claims and de-
mands of all persons by reason Of the
taking and acquiring for the purpose Of
the proposed contract of all lands. water.
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VIII also agree TO exercise, on demand of
the contractor, all its legal powers to re-
move pollution of waters tributary to the
proposed works, but all expenses attend
ant upon the removal of such pollution
shall be borne by the contractor.
The city VIII, so far as it has legal pow
er. permit the contractor to use such
lands as it may own or control as may
be necessary for the purpose of. laying
and maintaining the proposed ondui
from Passaic River to the reservoirs at
Bergen.
REMOVAL OF POLLUTION.
No source of supply will be accepted.
which Is not naturally pure and whole
some.
The bidder must specify in his bid what
works he VIII agree to construct and h
methods he proposes TO adopt to remove
any causes or sources of artificial pol
luton which may exist upon the water
posed Intake. He must also guard
against and prevent deterioration of the
water in shallow. improperly constructed
or foul reservoirs.
INSPECTION.
AS the work progresses the contractor
shall furnish the city with all plans, de-
tails and working drawings of the works
to be constructed to execute This on
tract, and the city, through its engineer
appointed to supervise the work herein
specified. shall nave the right TO inspect
the materials used, and work performed
in the construction of said works by the
contractor, and reject the same if not in
accordance with this specification and the
plans. accompanying the accented bid.
TIME TO COMPLETE.
The contractor win be allowed three
years from the date of contract to COM
plete the work and furnish the water
specified.
All time lost by reason of strikes, ac-
cidents or other delays unavoidable or be-
yond the control of the contractor, shall
not be computed as part OF the time
herein specified, if the u~naveidability OF
such delays is certified to by the eng1-
neer appointed by the city to superin-
tend said work.
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
Fer every days delay beyond the term.
of contract, the contractor shall pay the
city of Jersey City the sum Of two hun
drsd dollars per day as ~liquidated dam
ages, and not by way of
1t being understood thai this clause
will not Be enforced for the time lost in
case of strikes, accidents or other delays
unavoidable, or beyond the control Of
the contractor, as provided in the pre-
CERTTFIED CHECK TO ACCOMPANY
BID.
Al an evidence of good faith each bid
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