The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-04
contract.
LOCATION OF PLANT.

contract.
LOCATION OF PLANT.
The dams. intakes and other works nee
essagy e deliver said water must be To-
Jersey and must be so constructed that
raey can be used exclusively for the sup
Ply o. Jersey City. and the contractor
snaM agree 10 furnish no water from said
plant TO any consumer of Jersey City
water
STORAGE RESERVOIRS.
1 order to insure the delivery OF said
water at all times, the contractor shall
provide storage reservoirs in such places
as TO be capable of receiving and Storing
Sunlclent water to furnish at all times a
suppiy OF 80 million gallons daily to the
CITY. The location, capacity and charac-
VI OF each proposed storage reservoir
2 pc CLEARLY indicated in the bid. The
plans Tor reservoirs, dams. e-mbankments,
connected Herewith shall be fled with
the cttyS engineer appointed to super-
wise the construction of the plant. before
construction thereof shall be begun. lThe
clty VIII test the suficiency of storage
capacity and gathering grounds by apply-
ING thereto the proper table of fow dur
ing the driest period, as given in fS,e
,nep9rt on Water Supply" of the Geo
logscat survey of New Jersey, dated 1894.
and BY allowing for evaporation from the
reservoir surface. to be computed by the
port)
44os
me condufts or appliances of whatever
nature by which the water is to he cam
eye 20 me city shall have a capacity Of
not less than IS million gallons ds;t1-
They shall be of approved desirn, S,,f{-
ape material and workmanship and SUN
Gent strength to resist safely Am rrass-
are % WHICH they nay be subjected with
q proper factor of safety for the mat
RAJ used, in accordance with the hast
engineering practice. Delivery fr.on,
ne Iowesf point of intake on
be bv ea OMEN % cbsn me city must not
q the proposed pipes or conduits SHAH
pc clearly shown in the plans submitfed
ana shail be fully described in the bid
niea with the ctty's engineer. appointed
70 supervise the construction Of the
plant, before construction thereof shall
be begun. ~
INCREASE TO FIFTY MILLION GAL
Ions DAILY.
Whenever, during the term of contraot
put prior to the exercise of the cityis
option to purchase. the city shall notify
the contractor to increase the capacity
OF his water works to fifty million gaI-
Ions daily, then the contractor shall i'm
mediately proceed to make such Increase
IN storage capacity and gathering grounds
az may pc necessary to furnish a total
supply of fifty million gallons daily at ali
times, n shall likewise increase the
capacity of his conduits so as to be able
TO deliver to the city fifty million gall
ions daily. and when SO Increased where
metal pipes are used, there shall be
either two or three pipes of equal capa-
city. All such additional works must be
completed within two years after service
g. the notice aforesaid. After such adj
diticnal works are completed in accord
ance with this section and on demand of
the city, the city agrees that it will
take and pay for at least thirty million
gallons of water daily.
RIGHT OF WAY.
The right of Way for o0uay,f%c eroir ~
at least 10 feet in width, and the CON
Quits shall be constructed on one and the
same side thereof throughout, and so as
not to occupy more thereof than is neces-
sary. Where the city furnishes right of
way. the eonduits shall be laid on that
part thereof designated by the city's en-
gineer.
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
The city will agree to exert or exer-
else such powers or rights in the matter
OF condemnation or otherwise as it now
has or may hereafter acquire. and which
may be adyantageousiyy used or exer-
cised for the purposes of the contract,
IN order to enable the use or acquisition
of such water and water rights and lands
or other property, for the right Of way,
storage reservoirs and other works or
plant as may be necessary to the proper
n convenient construction and MAIN
tenance Of said system of water works
to supply Jersey City as aforesaid, said
rights of condemnation to be exercised
in the name Of the city, but at the cost
n expense of the contractor. and the
contractor shall pay and hold the city
harmless Of and from all cost, expenses,
claims and demands of M persons by
reason OF the taking and acquiring for
the of the proposed contract of
all lands, water, water rights and other
property. The city will also agree to
| exercise, on demand Of the contractor, all
its legal powers to remove pollution of
waters tributary to the proposed works,
but al expenses attendant upon the re-
r--arral nf os4ahE -aaltslffnnZ 1b0H ho bnrpa
by the contractor.
The city will, so far as 1t has legal
| power, permit the contractor to use such
lands as 1t may own or control as may b
| necessary for the. purpose of laying and
maintaining the proposed conduit from
Passaic River to the reservoirs at Ber-
gen.
Nj source of supply will be accepted
which is not naturally pure and whole
some.
Ths bidder must specify in bis bid
what works he will agree to construct
and what methods he proposes to adopt
to remove any causes or sources of arti-
fetal pollution which may exist upo the
proposed intake. He must also guard
against and prevent deterioration of the
water in shallow. improperly constructed
g i0ui ressfs Inspection.
As the work progresses the contractor
shall furnish the city with all plans,
details and working drawings of the
works to be constructed TO execute this
contract, and the city. through Its engi-
neer appointed to supervise the work
herein specified. shall have 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 speci-
fication and the plans accompanying the
accepted bid
TIME TO COMPLETE.
The contractor will 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. acci-
dents or other delays unavoidable or be-
You'd the control OF the contractor, shall
not be computed as part of the time here
in specified II the u~navoidabiiity OF
such delays is certified to by the engi-'
neer appointed by the city to superintend
said work.
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
For every days delay beyond the term
of contract, the contractor shall pay the
city OF Jersey City the sum of two hum
bred dollars per day as ~liquidated dam
ages, and not by way OF penalty.
1t being understood that this clause
win not be enforced for the time lost
IN case of strikes, accidents or other de-
lays unavoidable, or beypnd the con-
troll OF the contractor, as provided In the
previous section.
cjSRTlFIED CHECK TO ACCOMPANY
As an evidence Of good faith each
bidder wa1 deposit ore hundred th9us-
and do3lafS IN one of the National
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